Bosnians Quote by Michael Ignatieff

“When Karremans made this comment on 23 July 1995, he clearly did not yet realize what horrific fate had befallen men of Srebrenica. He…

— Jan Willem Honig

Let's recall Bosnia in 1995. As we know well, the European peacekeeping contingent, represented by the Dutch troops, did not want to get involved…

— Vladimir Putin

The Bosnian Genocide was something that triggered my consciousness and led to an awakening politically for me.

— Maajid Nawaz

I became interested in genocide, because it happened so many times. It happened to the Armenians and after the Armenians, Hitler took action.

— Raphael Lemkin

I had my life threatened by Bosnian Serbs on numerous occasions.

— John Pomfret

The one indication that I got that I was doing the right job in Bosnia was that at different periods of time all the…

— John Pomfret

When the USSR collapsed, I was 11, and unlike many people, I don't miss it.

— Margarita Simonyan

Yugoslavia served as a reminder that the lessons of World War Two were only partially learned. There's a great line someone wrote in the…

— Tony Judt

I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.

— Fatos Nano

“Brucan had been in Moscow earlier that year, not that we, the people, were aware of that, getting orders to organise the Ceauşescus' fall.”

— Florin Grancea

At a certain moment, Yugoslavia stopped being rational, and then you end up going to war.

— Emir Kusturica

“While the US stumped for the Bosnians, Russians defended the interests of Milošević (as distinct from the Bosnian Serb leader) and Germans supported Croats.…

— Jan Willem Honig