It would be a foolish high representative who worked that way.
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I was told there would be riots in the streets, but there were no riots.
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I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.
Paddy Ashdown
My first job has been to do the best thing for the Bosnian people. Not for the Serbs, the Bosniaks or Croats, but the people as a whole.
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
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