Winston Churchill
Politician, Writer, Historian
"[The Balkans] produce more history than they can consume."
Balkans quotes
Balkans
7 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Otto von Bismarck
Statesman, Chancellor
"The Balkans arent worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier."
Noam Chomsky
Linguist, Philosopher, Activist
"Take a look at the bombing of Serbia in 1999. The US was quite open about the reasons for the bombing. A main reason was to preserve stability and credibility. Serbia was interfering with stability, meaning that it was the one part of the Balkans that was not integrated into the Western-dominated (mostly US-dominated) system."
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