Political Quotes

“Prime Minister Haris Silajdzic is in Washington today, and I would hope that Americans would listen to what he says so that they would understand why the future of Bosnia is so important to the future of our world in terms of tolerance, democratic representation, ethnic and global peace and brotherhood. Mr. Silajdzic is a Moslem. The Speaker of the Bosnia Assembly is a Serb. The representative of the Bosnian Presidency is a Croat. The Ambassador to the United States from Bosnia is a Jew. Bosnia represents one of the finest multiethnic expressions of a democratic nation on this globe, certainly as an example of what we hoped would result from the dissolution of the Soviet Union. That is why they are under siege, because the people that wish to take over Bosnia, to destroy Bosnia are threatened by the idea of multiethnic democracies. People like Milosevic and Karadzic prey upon the worst instincts of mankind. Bosnia represents the best instincts of mankind. I would ask that this Congress and the American people show support for Bosnia in a way that is true to our own heritage and consistent with our own national character, the character of a nation founded on the same principles and dedicated to the same sense of fairness and justice as are the principal people of Bosnia.”