Fatos Nano quotes

Fatos Nano is an Albanian statesman and economist who served several terms as Prime Minister of Albania. A key figure in Albania’s transition from communism, he played a significant role in modernizing the country’s political landscape. He has had a lasting influence on Albanian politics through his leadership of the Socialist Party. Here are 17 of his quotes:

If we follow the traditional way of thought, there will always be traditional enemies. Extremist circles from both sides will find causes to give rise to problems.

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Organizing free and fair elections is more important than the result itself.

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Albania, Macedonia and Greece have managed to create a good partnership in the south of the Continent and are making progress in blocking the spread of the conflict. But any spillover could destroy this European-oriented partnership and create problems for the European Union countries themselves.

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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.

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All sorts of artillery installations, rockets and tank units that are firing on civilians in Kosovo should be neutralized. If that means air strikes, then NATO should carry out air strikes.

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We have gone through everything as a nation - partition, dictatorship, and even anarchy.

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If we didn't have the Albanian entrepreneurial spirit and financial support from the diaspora, this stupid political class would have destroyed the country by now.

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We are not only talking about waves of refugees coming to Greece, to Italy, and elsewhere. Destabilizing the Balkans means Lebanonization, and that means destabilizing all of Europe.

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Albania does not feel alone. It is part of the Partnership for Peace structures in NATO, and it will do what it can within that.

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Albanians are a nation of freedom fighters who know something about living under oppression.

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Most of Albania considers this Government to be legitimate.

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Kosovo is too close to Europe. It is not only close to Albania, it is close to Greece, Italy, Germany and Switzerland, where there are still many Kosovo refugees. Spontaneous reactions could multiply.

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Milosevic will never stop, because he is fighting for personal power in Serbia. The only way to stop him is cutting the functioning of his war machine. He is spending $1.7 million a day on his war machine in Kosovo.

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Albania is at risk and we are living in difficult times.

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People didn't vote left or right in the election. They voted for putting an end to all the primitive political history.

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