Paddy Ashdown Country Quotations

The multinational corporations now developing budgets often bigger than medium-sized countries — these live in a global space which is largely unregulated, not subject to the rule of law, and in which people may act free of constraint.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has done what many said was impossible even a year ago, let alone at the start of my mandate in May 2002. For the country now stands at the gates of Europe, ... This is a truly remarkable achievement for a country as war-torn as Bosnia and Herzegovina was just 10 years ago.

A very small bunch of corrupt politicians believe that allowing Radovan Karadzic to stay at liberty is more important than this country having a future in NATO and peace for its citizens.

This country is about history, and unless the Serbs in particular come to some understanding of this history, we cannot build a stable state.