Balkans Quote by Charles Krauthammer

“The Balkans I know is the Balkans from below: a space of bogoumils- these medieval heretics who fought against the Crusades and churches- and…

— Andrej Grubačić

“The role of race cannot be understated in an era of fervent social Darwinism. For decades the Balkans had enacted in microcosm the racial…

— Paul Ham

Americans and Englishmen, when they become acquainted with the Balkans, feel an astonished contempt when they study the mutual enmities of Bulgarians and Serbs,…

— Bertrand Russell

Remember all those references to Macedonia as the oasis of peace in the Balkans. You only really appreciate it when you have lost it.

— Boris Trajkovski

The people of the Balkans are like a dysfunctional family. We may fight and argue, but in the end we are family.

— Vlade Divac

All these wars, all these territories. For example, Macedonia is a disputed territory, and there are people directly to the west of Bulgaria who…

— Miroslav Penkov

[The Balkans] produce more history than they can consume.

— Winston Churchill

I think that's the nature of the region, not even simply Eastern Europe but the Balkans. They are their own region. They are a…

— Miroslav Penkov

“The construct of a new, fictional 'Balkans' [is] a result of linguistic violence beginning with the verb 'to balkanize,' which most of the world's…

— Andrej Grubacic

“Macedonia, the inspiration for the French word for "mixed salad" (macedoine), defines the principle illness of the Balkans: conflicting dreams of lost imperial glory.…

— Robert D. Kaplan

Macedonia's handling of ethnic relations and other issues is encouraging.

— Emma Bonino

We are neither a regional power nor are the Balkans our sphere of influence. These are self-confident countries. We should be particularly thankful to…

— Sebastian Kurz