Trajkovski Quotes & Sayings

The Republic of Macedonia is being built on democratic ideals and values, not on ethnic groups. Those ideals and values include economic opportunities, language and educational opportunities, religious rights, and political processes. — Boris Trajkovski

I am ready to accept all accusations, allegations, anger - but I have to succeed. — Boris Trajkovski

Photography has arrived at the point where it is capable of liberating painting from all literature, from the anecdote, and even from the subject. In any case, a certain aspect of the subject now belongs to the domain of photography. So shouldn't painters profit from their newly acquired liberty, and make use of it to do other things? — Pablo Picasso

My faith is a very important part of my life. I do not feel that I have become president of this country by accident, but that I have been chosen because nobody can accuse me of favouring the Albanian Muslims or the Orthodox. — Boris Trajkovski

Our citizens will lose their confidence or trust in the values and principles of the international community, especially if our personal identity is denied. — Boris Trajkovski

I understand the protests, but not the shooting and the attempts to bring down the state. We cannot allow hatred to control our lives. We must remain unified to defeat this evil. — Boris Trajkovski

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town. — Michael Ondaatje

The alternative to peace is war, which will expose everyone to mass casualties, misery and a loss of perspective for many years to come. — Boris Trajkovski

Nobody really knows for sure how the Boxer Rebellion started. It began among the poor, and the history of the poor is rarely written down. — Gene Luen Yang

Remember folks, fish are like relatives. After two days, they stink. — Bobby Heenan

Never underestimate or mock peace. — Boris Trajkovski

I am considering two things on a daily basis: what is right to do and what is wrong to do in my role as President of my people. According to my conscience, I am trying to abide by the right. My vision is peace. My vision is prosperity. — Boris Trajkovski

We think that Kosovo will continue to serve as a centre of violence and regional instability in future. — Boris Trajkovski

While there continues to be differences, the important point is that all citizens and elected officials use democratic and legal avenues for solving those differences. — Boris Trajkovski

Remember all those references to Macedonia as the oasis of peace in the Balkans. You only really appreciate it when you have lost it. — Boris Trajkovski

The ground of faith is not the sufficiency of the visible means for the performance of the promise, but the all-sufficiency of the invisible God, who will most surely do as He hath said. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I intend to be the president of all citizens of Macedonia, regardless of their ethnic or religious background, regardless of their political standing. I shall not allow ethnic hatred and intolerance to undermine Macedonia's stability. — Boris Trajkovski

Our society, like decadent Rome, has turned into an amusement society, with writers chief among the court jesters — Saul Bellow