"If Skanderbeg had not been born, I would have long since put a turban on the head of the pope and the crescent moon on the top of St Peter's. Finally Europe and Asia are mine. Woe to Christianity. It has lost its sword and shield."
— Skanderbeg

January 1, 1970

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Mehmed II, remarks after Skanderbeg's death, quoted in Joseph Fracchia, ‘Hora: Social Conflicts and Collective Memories in Piana Degli Albanesi’, Past & Present, No. 209 (November 2010), p. 195