--- title: "2 Bosnia Quotes By Peter Maass" description: "2 Bosnia quotes by Peter Maass. Plus more from Peter Maass and more Bosnia sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/peter-maass-73467_bosnia_i-am-a-lawyer-and-for-me-it-is-very-sad_445513.jpg" --- > [“I am a lawyer, and for me it is very sad to say that there is now law here. There are weapons rather than law. What did Mao say? Power comes out of the barrel of a gun. It's very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maass/i-am-a-lawyer-and-for-me-it-is-very-sad-to-say-that-there-is-now-law/) Peter Maass [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/peter-maass-73467_bosnia_i-am-a-lawyer-and-for-me-it-is-very-sad_445513.jpg) > [“In this city, the victors had delusions of grandeur. It was visual. Across the street from the hotel stood City Hall, sporting an oversized Serb flag that hung from the roof to the ground, a hundred feet tall, fifty feet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maass/in-this-city-the-victors-had-delusions-of-grandeur-it-was-visual/) Peter Maass [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bab/peter-maass-73467_balkans_in-this-city-the-victors-had-delusions-o_537739.jpg) ## Other authors on Bosnia - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bosnia/christopher-hitchens/) ## More by Peter Maass > [“Bosnia's war had its visual hallmarks. Parks that were turned into cemeteries, refugee families piled onto horse-drawn carts, stop-or-die checkpoints with mines across the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maass/bosnia-s-war-had-its-visual-hallmarks-parks-that-were-turned-into/) Peter Maass > [“I am a lawyer, and for me it is very sad to say that there is now law here. There are weapons rather than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maass/i-am-a-lawyer-and-for-me-it-is-very-sad-to-say-that-there-is-now-law/) Peter Maass > [“In this city, the victors had delusions of grandeur. It was visual. Across the street from the hotel stood City Hall, sporting an oversized…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maass/in-this-city-the-victors-had-delusions-of-grandeur-it-was-visual/) Peter Maass > [“The people were divided into the persecuted and those who persecuted them. That wild beast, which lives in man and does not dare to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-maass/the-people-were-divided-into-the-persecuted-and-those-who-persecuted/) Peter Maass ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bosnia/peter-maass/#itemlist", "name": "2 Bosnia Quotes By Peter Maass", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I am a lawyer, and for me it is very sad to say that there is now law here. There are weapons rather than law. What did Mao say? Power comes out of the barrel of a gun. It's very true. The situation is decadent. A lot of Serbs think this is leading us nowhere but they feel powerless. How many disagree? I don't know. Perhaps thirty percent disagree, but most of them are frightened and quiet. Perhaps sixty percent agree or are confused enough to go along. 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