"In the ethnically-mixed Balkans, it is impossible to create compact national states in which only members of one nation can live. This is an absurdity which can hardly be realized in Europe... Perhaps one nation can win a victory here and there, but then this would only lead to revanchism on the part of the others, and thus, there would never be an end [to warfare]."
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Mapping Macedonia: Idea and Identity (2004), p. 70 (Dated 1995)
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Kiro Gligorov
Kiro Gligorov (Киро Глигоров in Macedonian, also known as Kiril Blagoev Gligorov/Кирил Благоев Глигоров; May 3, 1917 – January 1, 2012) was the first democraticaly elected president of the Republic of Macedonia. Under his rule, Macedonia was the only state which seceded from Yugoslavia peacefully.
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