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Albania(Albanian:Shqipëri/Shqipëria;Gheg Albanian:Shqipnia) is a country insouthern Europe.
Quotes
[edit]By Albanians
[edit]- Alphabetized by author
- TheU.S.andBritish imperialistshave accused us Albanians of being "savage and warlike". This is understandable, for the Albanian people have dealt telling blows at their repeated attempts to put us under bondage and have smashed the heads of their agents who conspired against theParty of Labor of Albaniaand our regime ofpeople's democracy.Tito's gang, that of theGreekmonarcho-fascistchauvinists, the rulers inRomehave accused and accuse us of being "warmongers and disturbers of the peace in theBalkans",because, without hesitation, we have always, and will always hit them hard, for their intentions have been, remain, and will always be to chop up Albania among themselves, to enslave our people.
- Enver Hoxha,Reject the Revisionist Theses of the XX Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Anti-Marxist Stand of Krushchev's Group! Uphold Marxism-Leninism!,Speech Delivered by Enver Hoxha as Head of the Delegation of the Party of Labor of Albania Before the Meeting of 81 Communist and Workers Parties, Moscow, 16 November, 1960
- The Albanians have hacked their way throughhistory,sword in hand.
- Enver Hoxha,as quoted in Peter R. Prifti (1978),Socialist Albania since 1944: Domestic and Foreign developments,page 9
- The Albanian culture is elusive to me. I think this has to do with leaving the country at such an early age, as well as the country rediscovering her roots after many decades of repression. What I can say about the Albanian culture is what runs through my limbs and what carries my philosophy in life. There’s a condensed softness about the Albanian people, and I’ve witnessed examples of their hospitality that have been famously engraved in history for centuries. Maybe I’m soaking memories of my homeland in sentimental syrup that grows thicker and sweeter with time, but there is something truly noble about the Albanian people and their culture of purity and keeping promises.
- Masiela Lusha,as quoted inREEL Lady: Masiela Lusha,(September 1, 2008)
- I don't know what to say since I don't know what is happening there. I can say only one thing. My Albanian people are always in my heart. I pray very much to our Lord that His peace may come to our hearts, in our families and in all the world. I pray for Albania, that the Lord may help its leaders to see clearly because if they want to live in peace, they should love one another.
- Mother Teresa,as quoted in Louis Zanga "Mother Teresa's visit to Albania",Radio Free Europe Research,(23 August 1989)
By non Albanians
[edit]- Morn dawns: and with it stern Albania's hills...
Robed half in mist, bedewed with snowy rills.- Lord Byron(1810),Childe Harold
- I like the Albanians much; they are not all Turks; some tribes areChristians.But theirreligionmakes little difference in their manner or conduct. They are esteemed the best troops in theTurkish service.
- Lord Byron(1830),Letters and Journals of Lord Byron,page 161
- They are strewn with the wreckage of deadEmpires– past Powers – only the Albanian "goes on for ever."
- Edith Durham (1909),High Albania,page 12
- [Albania] is a country within sight ofItaly,which is less known than the interior ofAmerica.
- Edward Gibbon,as quoted by Faik Konitza (ca. 1960),Albania: The Rock Garden of Europe,page 12
- A few days after our arrival in this village, Spiro Milio presented himself to Mavrocordato, with a corps of two hundred picked Chimariots, the most martial-looking men in the whole army. They are not to be distinguished from Albanians, their dress and language being perfectly similar; but though theirreligionisGreek,they do not understand one syllable ofGreek.
- J.Millingen (1831),Memoirs of the affairs of Greece,pages 208-209
- Albania [is] a ridiculous country anyway that ought to be partitioned as soon as possible betweenGreeceandYugoslavia.
- Malcolm Muggeridge,as quoted by Nicholas Bethell (1984),The Great Betrayal
- The men who marched toBabylon,PersiaandIndiawere the ancestors of the Albanians...
- Wadham Peacock (1913),The Wild Albanian
- It is very important to send a new signal ofconfidenceandhopethat this (Montenegro,Serbia,Albania,North Macedonia,Bosnia and HerzegovinaandKosovo) accession (into theEuropean Union) process is wanted by the EU (European Union) with great seriousness, and that it also has a realistic chance if everyone makes an effort.
- Olaf Scholz,cited in: "Scholz backs giving chance to Western Balkans on EU membership"inAljazeera,10 June 2022.
- [The Albanians] seem to be rather backward and primitive people... they can be as faithful as a dog; that is one of the traits of the primitive. Our Chuvash were the same. TheRussiantsars always used them for their bodyguards.
- Joseph Stalin(1947), as quoted in Vladimit Dedjer (1954),Tito Speaks,page 312
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