Dreams Quote by Robert D. Kaplan
““Macedonia, the inspiration for the French word for "mixed salad" (macedoine), defines the principle illness of the Balkans: conflicting dreams of lost imperial glory. Each nation demands that is borders revert to where they were at the exact time when its own empire had reached its zenith of ancient medieval expansion.””
![“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 dictionaries define primarily as 'to divide.' Linguistic terrorism is only one part of the larger process of stigmatization that aims to establish…” quote by Andrej Grubacic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/124/andrej-gruba-i-55033_language_the-construct-of-a-new-fictional-balkans_1808015.jpg)
![“[The Balkans] produce more history than they can consume.” quote by Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/395/winston-churchill-95_balkans_the-balkans-produce-more-history-than-th_1780137.jpg)
