Author: Alija Izetbegovic

Quotes

To seek trouble - this is not courage, this is madness. Courage is the willingness of man to sensibly face the troubles he cannot avoid.

To seek trouble - this is not courage, this is madness. Courage is the willingness of man to sensibly face the troubles he cannot avoid.

- Alija Izetbegovic

I took revenge on hardship from my earlier life by forgetting it.

I took revenge on hardship from my earlier life by forgetting it.

- Alija Izetbegovic

Religion, as it is understood in the West, does not lead toward progress, and science does not lead toward humanism.

Religion, as it is understood in the West, does not lead toward progress, and science does not lead toward humanism.

- Alija Izetbegovic

Advantages of freedom do not have to be proved by something outside freedom itself. It is its own underwriter.

Advantages of freedom do not have to be proved by something outside freedom itself. It is its own underwriter.

- Alija Izetbegovic

Socialism and freedom are not compatible, regardless of repeated convincings.

Socialism and freedom are not compatible, regardless of repeated convincings.

- Alija Izetbegovic

Life is a dangerous thing. Insecurity is the price of living.

Life is a dangerous thing. Insecurity is the price of living.

- Alija Izetbegovic

History sometimes makes fun of us and our best intentions.

History sometimes makes fun of us and our best intentions.

- Alija Izetbegovic

I would sacrifice peace in order to win sovereignty for Bosnia, but for that peace in Bosnia, I would not sacrifice sovereignty.

I would sacrifice peace in order to win sovereignty for Bosnia, but for that peace in Bosnia, I would not sacrifice sovereignty.

- Alija Izetbegovic

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