Franjo Tudjman
Franjo Tudjman
Franjo Tuđman; 14 May 1922 – 10 December 1999) was a Croatian politician and historian. Following the country's independence from Yugoslavia he became the first President of Croatia and served as president from 1990 until his death...
NationalityCroatian
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth14 May 1922
CountryCroatia
boon eyes great image success
Your magnificent success is a great boon for the country's image in the eyes of the world,
accounts biased both crimes dead estimated founded million six war
The estimated loss of up to six million dead is founded too much on both emotional, biased testimonies and on exaggerated data in the postwar reckonings of war crimes and on the squaring of accounts with the defeated.
exist
If Yugoslavia is to exist, it can exist only as an alliance, a confederation of independent states.
balkans believes bosnia deal eight except history last neither nobody nor officials permit petty sovereign
Let's make a deal with the Serbs. Neither history nor emotion in the Balkans will permit multinationalism. We have to give up on the illusion of the last eight years... Dayton isn't working. Nobody - except diplomats and petty officials - believes in a sovereign Bosnia and the Dayton accords.
generals mentioned
I haven't mentioned another argument, The Hague tribunal. It is clear our generals and all of you who are sitting here now with me could end up there, too.
defend finally ground islamic muslims reign themselves
The Muslims wanted to reign over the whole of Mostar, then gain ground to the sea and finally create an Islamic state. That is what our Croatians defend themselves against.
best joined
I joined the anti-Fascist struggle with my best friend, who was a Jew.
avoid islamic
The West wanted to avoid an Islamic state in Europe.