Ivica Dacic Quotes

No one can undermine national unity.

— Ivica Dacic

How can a country that is impoverished, humiliated and beaten defend its national interests?

— Ivica Dacic

“The time of Milosevic has long passed.”

— Ivica Dacic

“I invite you to leverage Serbia because we have talented young professionals who are multilingual, highly educated, and willing to work for competitive wages.”

— Ivica Dacic

There can be no unified southeastern Europe without Yugoslavia, and everything else is a continuation of political blackmail with which the Serb people and Yugoslavia were faced all these years.

— Ivica Dacic

“I have no private life, as I am constantly under police surveillance.”

— Ivica Dacic

“Milosevic did not die in The Hague - he was killed in The Hague. But, he had managed to defend the national and state interests of Serbia and the Serb people, and everybody should be grateful to him for that.”

— Ivica Dacic

“Serbia has become a pariah nation, untouchable like a leper.”

— Ivica Dacic

A final and long-lasting solution to the Kosovo issue cannot be achieved without an agreement with Serbia, especially in regard to the U.N.

— Ivica Dacic

“Serbia will neither allow a revision of history, nor will it forget who are the main culprits in World War I.”

— Ivica Dacic

“There has been enough blood in the Balkans. Serbia is offering its hand. Let us turn to the future and not deal with the past.”

— Ivica Dacic

“I tried to go to Kosovo to establish a statue to commemorate those who died during the wars, and to discuss moving on, so we could move into a new era. But I was banned from there.”

— Ivica Dacic

“Serbia is blamed in advance for everything.”

— Ivica Dacic

“An international presence in Serbia's Kosovo province is not a problem. But only a civilian and unarmed mission under U.N. auspices, with Russia's participation, would be acceptable.”

— Ivica Dacic

“As prime minister, I will never make a decision that will be an injustice to Serbia and its citizens.”

— Ivica Dacic

“Discussing economic reforms in Serbia is futile.”

— Ivica Dacic

We would like Serbia to become a member of the European Union as quickly as possible.

— Ivica Dacic

I was part of a government that tried to resolve the question of Kosovo by war. Perhaps there is some justice that today I should be the person most responsible for finding a peaceful solution.

— Ivica Dacic

“For 10 years, Kosovo was taboo. No one could officially tell the truth.”

— Ivica Dacic

“Had someone from Serbia flown a 'Greater Serbia' flag in Tirana or Pristina, it would become an issue for the U.N. Security Council.”

— Ivica Dacic

“If Nord Stream was built in Europe, I see no reason why South Stream cannot be built as well.”

— Ivica Dacic

No one has the right to detract the attention of the nation from the defence of the country.

— Ivica Dacic

“Serbia is open for business.”

— Ivica Dacic

Serbia stands firmly on the EU path.

— Ivica Dacic

“Serbs can only leave Kosovo.”

— Ivica Dacic

The Serbian people certainly will never be an obstacle for the Montenegrins to have their own country.

— Ivica Dacic

Serbia has shown enough patience, but it has also sent a clear and strong message that the law must be respected and that no one is stronger than the state.

— Ivica Dacic

“It is of major importance for the future of our country that through his defence and the fact he died without being convicted, Milosevic had managed to defend national and state interest.”

— Ivica Dacic

Yugoslavia and Serbia will fight against terrorists regardless of whether a political agreement is reached or not.

— Ivica Dacic

“We believe Slobodan Milosevic must be buried in his country, in Belgrade, at the Alley of Great Men.”

— Ivica Dacic