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Ratko Mladić
18 quotes
“[F]uck the Turks in Žepa, in Srebrenica, in Goražde.”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "The Prosecutor vs Ratko Mladić - Trial Judgement - Volume 4" (2017), The Hague: ICTY, pp. 2251, 2252, 2253
“People are not little stones, or keys in someone's pocket, that can be moved from one place to another just like that.... Therefore, we cannot precisely arrange for only Serbs to stay in one part of the country while removing others painlessly. I do not know how Mr. Krajišnik and Mr. Karadžić will explain that to the world. That is genocide.”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Bosnia's 'Accidental' Genocide" (30 September 2006), by Edina Becirevic, Bosnian Institute, United Kingdom
“Krle, Krstić, come on. Record that flag. Tear that flag down so it doesn't fly any more. Pull it down. Bravo! Towards Potočari! Towards Potočari and Bratunac! Don't stop, come on! Go in front of me the whole way, come on. Come on, boys, forward!”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Here we are, on the eleventh of July of the year 1995, in Serbian Srebrenica. On the eve of yet another great Serb holiday we present this town as a gift to the Serb nation. The moment has finally arrived that, after the revolt against the Dahijas, we will have vengeance against the turks in this place.”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are so many! It is going to be a feast. There will be blood up to your knees.”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Nedzida Sadikovic, as quoted by Roy Gutman, Newsday News Service, August 9, 1995.
“Don't be afraid of anything, just take it easy, easy. Let the women and children go first. Thirty buses are coming, we're send you off toward Kladanj. Don't be afraid of anything, nobody is going to do anything to you. Thank you, thank you. Thanks, be safe. Nobody knows anything. Everything is done on my order.”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I can not participate in a conversation if people are portraying me as somebody who is trying to establish greater Serbia. I am not Tsar [king] Dušan.”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From interview with PTC Б1, 1992
“The generations of the past failed to unite Serbia and to establish a common Serbian state, which should include all Serbian national, ethnic and historical territories.”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From interview with PTC Б1, 1992
“We, as the winners [of WW1 & WW2], created a common country [Yugoslavia] with our enemies [Croats & Muslims], who were on the defeated side [Central Powers & Axis Powers].”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From interview with PTC Б1, 1992
“We Serbs are the only nation, on this planet, who decided to unite with people who tried to exterminate us and were our enemies.”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From interview with PTC Б1, 1992
“I have no intention to create greater Serbia, neither to re-establish the former Byzantium. I am only defending my nation and my country.”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From interview with PTC Б1, 1992
“We are fully aware that war is not the only way to defend our values. But if those values are fundamentally endangered, as is the case today, then war is the only way to defend them. Everything that hinders us in our effort to defend ourselves is an injustice. We did not want this war, it was thrust upon us, like all others. Defending one's people is a holy duty,”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From interview with Robert Block, 1995
“It would have been better if we had fought in Italy and Austria which are really at war against us, instead of allowing them to use our unfortunate Slovenians, Croats and Moslems as bait and cannon fodder.”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) first seen 1993 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From interview with Vreme, May 24, 1993
“I wonder, if France really wants to create a Muslim state in Europe, why don't they empower them to do this in Paris or Britain?”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) first seen 1994 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Gaspari di Sklafani in DJente, Han Pijesak, 1994
“They went running around to jewelry stores, banks, and well-stocked super-markets. There is not a single hill that they kept or liberated. On the other hand, the soldiers and officers in the army lead modest lives.”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Commenting on war profiteers in interview with Robert Block, 1995
“I think it is time for all peace-loving people of this world to start pondering where all this leads. I think it's high time that the weapons in this part of the world, and all over the world, were silenced.”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From interview with Robert Block, 1995
“If humankind were to follow my advice and if it were in my power, I wouldn't allow the word 'war' to be uttered in any language, I would ban all weapons, even in the form of toys.”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) first seen 1995 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From interview with Robert Block, 1995
“When I guarantee something, it's the same as the word of the Almighty.”
Ratko Mladić (1943–2026) said by 2026 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source