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I would sacrifice peace for a sovereign Bosnia-Herzegovina ... but for that peace in Bosnia-Herzegovina I would not sacrifice sovereignty.

Alija Izetbegovic

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Alija Izetbegovic
Age: 77 †
Born: 1925
Born: August 8
Died: 2003
Died: January 1
Activist
Lawyer
Philosopher
Political Commissar
Politician
Writer
Bosanski Šamac
Bosnia
Sovereignty
Sovereign
Sacrifice
Peace
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Bosnia is a complicated country: three religions, three nations and those others. Nationalism is strong in all three nations in two of them there are a lot of racism, chauvinism, separatism and now we are supposed to make a state out of that.
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As far as the sovereignty of Bosnia-Hercegovina is concerned we agreed to have limited sovereignty for a limited time and that is clear from the Dayton Agreement.
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I believe that the people, instead of pretty lies, should be told the truth, no matter how ugly it may be. What can we do, destiny hasn't been kind to us but, with the help of God, we will prevail.
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In these negotiations we are not a helpless object, although great world powers are involved. We play an active role and try to influence our destiny we have our own trump cards and we use them.
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People complain that life is short,for me it seems very long.
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Science attempts to figure out laws and then uses it later. While the work of art reflects the cosmic order without asking for an explanation
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When a man is ill,he has only one wish -to gain health,and when he does -then come a hundred wishes and he turns even unhappier than when he was lying sick in bed
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The international community is pushing things forward in Bosnia... but it is doing it at expense of the Muslim people. I feel it as an injustice, these are the things that I cannot live with.
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