Slobodan Milosevic Quotes

"Struggle to preserve peace"

"I was absolutely against that, no matter how tragic and painful it was for my mother and all of us."

"Equal and united people can above all become a part of the civilization toward which mankind is moving. If we cannot be at the head of the column leading to such a civilization, there is certainly no need for us to be at is tail."

"responsible for the worst crimes known to humankind."

"on the basis of a formula of an equality of rights and equal regard for the interests of all three peoples, not on the basis of genocide."

"To open the space for negotiations, (NATO) aggression on Yugoslavia has to stop immediately,"

"the first free New Year."

"All citizens of Yugoslavia are resisting this intention, and any pressure to break away Kosovo will come up against their will,"

"During this struggle, many members of police and security forces died courageously,"

"It is the utmost necessity that this congress be a congress of unity."

"[Citing reports of] widespread house-burning and indiscriminate artillery attacks on whole villages, ... campaign of violence going far beyond ... a targeted anti-terrorist operation."

"Equality means nothing unless incorporated into the institutions."

"[But Gore added that] NATO will back up its demands with force ... does not keep the agreement he entered into."

"NATO believes it can pick on a small nation and force us to surrender our independence. And that is where NATO miscalculated. You are not willing to sacrifice lives to achieve our surrender. But we are willing to die to defend our rights as an independent sovereign nation."

"Thanks to the nature and contents of this false indictment (the trial) has turned into a farce, pure and simple. However the amount of money is not insignificant. It is not a cheap farce,"

"with something that has been fabricated and far from the truth."

"material that went in to support the indictment."

"Our army and security forces are capable of providing security to all citizens of Kosovo."

"He's always been tough to deal with. He's a formidable adversary, and negotiating with him is not a lot of fun. I've done it for a long time."

"We have no quarrel with America. We all know NATO is the strongest military machine in the world. We simply want them to stop being so busy with our country and worry about their own problems."