July 1990 - On the occasion of the events in Kosovo
"Yugoslavia was attacked in Kosovo. Kosovo is the bulwark of the Serbian and Montenegrin people, which cannot fall as long as we and our descendants are alive. We have said countless times: Kosovo must be defended by all means".
July 1990 - On the occasion of the founding of the Alliance of Reform Forces
"The policy of aggressive anti-communism and almost pathological Serbophobia is offered by the Alliance of Reform Forces of Yugoslavia. Behind the inept reformist masks, it is easy to recognize the protagonists of the former policy rejected by the people, a few young, disaffected power-seekers, a handful of Montenegrin nationalists, a handful of crazy Islamic fundamentalists and Albanian separatists, who they offer hatred to the people."
1991 - During preparations for the war in Croatia
"You can't wave branches of peace while the Serbian people are being slaughtered, massacred, raped, while their houses are being burned and their properties are being destroyed just because they are Serbs. War is not won by desertion, but by mobilization".
"Montenegro survived as an island of freedom when others were enslaved, so why can't it now survive as an island of communism."
"I hated chess from them and their subjugation to the chessboard and the young democracy of the Kalashnikov type".
"We will win the imposed war, just as we have defeated all such opponents throughout our history. This time we will end our common life with them and break all contacts, I hope for all time. I hope that new state unions will be formed in that division in which we will live, the borders with Croatia will be drawn more justly and logically than the learned Bolshevik cartographers did, whose only goal, it seems, was to have Croatian guardianship over Montenegro, in the part of Boka".
"The visit to Dubrovnik is expedient and any contrary point of view is treacherous."
1992 - About Slobodan Milošević, the opposition and business
"A free Milošević is the best thing that could happen to Yugoslavia at this moment, when the vampiric fascist forces in Croatia and Slovenia are trying to destroy everything that was created from 1945 until now. I am proud that in these historic moments I can be side by side with him in the defense of the achievements of the revolution"
"I hate Chetniks, Ustasha and 100% Montenegrins the most."
"I will only be rich when I stop doing politics".
"I hate Chetniks, Ustasha and 100% Montenegrins the most."
May 1992 - Introduction of sanctions
"Sanctions are a desperate step by our enemies".
1993 - When he signed a contract with the owner Jezda for the lease of Svetog Stefan
"No law should be an obstacle to work that is in the interest of Montenegro".
1993 - About Yugoslavia and liberals
"We are proud of our Serbian origin and Montenegrin statehood, of the glorious history of the Serbian people. That is why we believe in a common future and prosperity".
"I am telling the Liberal Alliance and some other less influential parties that are strongly in favor of secession that they won 12-13 percent of the electorate, so that is exactly how much attention is paid to them."
February 1997 - About Slobodan Milosevic
"Today, Mr. Milošević is a man with an outmoded political thought, devoid of the ability to strategically look at the challenges facing our country... Milošević left an undoubted impression that he does not have the ability to project the future seriously in the long term."
May 1998 - On the eve of parliamentary elections
"Because of age-old fraternal ties. Common blood shed in all wars, because of the age-old dream of the best Montenegrins and Serbians, because of a certain better common future, Montenegro decided with an open heart to live in a joint state with Serbia."
1999 - About the introduction of the German mark
"Montenegro decided to introduce the German mark because of the constant and shameless printing of dinars in the central bank in Belgrade".
1999 - During the NATO bombing of FRY
"I ask the president of the FRY to stop the policy that leads to the suffering of the innocent and threatens the survival of the state. We demand from the international community to refrain from new attacks on targets in Montenegro and Yugoslavia."
June 2000 - Apology for the war in Dubrovnik
"I would like to use this opportunity to express my sincere regret to all citizens of the Republic of Croatia, especially Dubrovnik and Dubrovnik-Neretva County, for all the pain, all the suffering and all the material losses caused to them by any representative of Montenegro in the composition of the JNA in those tragic events".
June 2000 - About personal safety
"Unfortunately, I have to say that the safety of all of us is in question due to the prolongation of the Yugoslav crisis. As for me personally, I am fully aware of what I am doing in politics. I am aware that this means that I am entering into a conflict with the interests of those who have become accustomed to a humiliated Montenegro that has no dignity. But I neither want nor can return from that path".
March 2002 - after the signing of the Belgrade Agreement
"This document does not threaten the right of Montenegro to check the will of its citizens in relation to the question of its future after a certain period... The Montenegrin political public has reason to be satisfied with what we have achieved".
July 2003 - About cigarette smuggling
"It was not smuggling but a transit business in accordance with the laws in Montenegro. Accusations of smuggling are disgusting political scams and an attempt to destabilize Montenegro."
2003 - About the sex trafficking affair
"Those who did this to Montenegro, for whatever reason, must be aware that they have caused more harm to it than Milosevic's regime."
July 2003 - Friendship with Veselin Barović
"As far as Ms. Jeknić and Mr. Barović are concerned, they are my friends, people who are involved in certain businesses. I am absolutely sure that, if proceedings are initiated against them, they will behave accordingly... I see no reason to give up any page in my life, least of all my friends, because with me and them there is a rule that everyone is responsible for their actions".
November 2003 - About political engagement
"I have to admit that I am not a supporter of staying in politics for such a long time. Anyone who properly dedicates himself to work in the government must get tired, otherwise something is wrong. I do not think that I am only predisposed to politics and that the Montenegrin political scene would suffer from my departure cataclysm, especially before it entered the phase of stability... I think I have satisfied all my political ambitions. I am an economist and I hope that in the future I will realize my sensibility for business".
"I have to admit that I am not a supporter of staying in politics for such a long time. Anyone who dedicates himself properly to work in the government must get tired"
March 2005 - About the war in Croatia in 1991.
"The JNA did play a definitely dishonorable role in both Croatia and Bosnia. "Montenegro to the extent that its people participated, even if they were manipulated, even if they were guided by the motive of preserving Yugoslavia," said Đukanović and added that he was also "morally and politically responsible" for that, even though he had no role in the management of the JNA.
May 2006 - After the referendum
"I congratulate all the citizens of the country. This is the most significant day in the recent history of Montenegro... We have a country and we will never again allow our country to be called into question in any way".
May 2006 - About employment
"In four years, there will not be a single unemployed citizen in this country".
October 2006 - On the eve of the first resignation from the office of prime minister
"I am very tired, because it was very difficult to be responsible for running the country for the last 15 years".
May 2007 - After re-election as the leader of the DPS
"We need a highway to the north, not documentation about it".
February 2008 - Return to the post of Prime Minister
"The perspective is that during the four-year period the problem of structural unemployment will be solved and that everyone who has the necessary knowledge and skills can count on quality jobs... The average net salary in 2006 was 282, at the end of 2007 it increased to 376 euros, and at the end of 2009, it will amount to at least 515 euros. This means that the average net salary in Montenegro will increase by 82 percent in three years."
March 2008 - About the testimony in Bari
"Montenegro's state institutions have always been outside of any criminal activities and fought against mafia clans".
"On my own initiative, I went to Bari to provide all the necessary information so that people would understand that they had a wrong perception of what was happening in Montenegro at that time and that they would understand that there was a business going on in Montenegro at that time, which was in accordance with our legal system, and from which Montenegro planned and realized certain benefits".
December 2008 - About the economic crisis
"There is no need to be afraid, because we have experience and have gone through more difficult crises, threats of war and sanctions.
"We all have to understand that we are entering a crisis that acts like a tsunami and no one on the planet welcomes it calmly, nor who at this moment has answers to that crisis, neither the governments of America, China, Germany, nor us in Montenegro, but we will do everything to get through it with as little damage and bad consequences as possible".
"Criticisms against Milo Đukanović come from several sources, and for different reasons, but in the end everything flows into one dirty trough"
May 2009 - About the opposition, the media and the NGO sector
"Criticisms against Milo Đukanović come from several sources and for different reasons, but in the end everything flows into one dirty trough, which best reflects his character and work, some secret, some public opponents, dissatisfiers and complex people, which I absolutely do not care about ".
"There are also opponents of Montenegrin independence, along with devotees of that idea, for whom their personal role and their once futile struggle for Montenegro is more important, but Montenegro itself. There are also self-proclaimed messiahs, futile fighters for power at any cost, members of various interest groups who cloak actions against their own state in the mantle of fighting for human and media freedoms and who do not".
November 2010 - On the reasons for leaving the Government
"Today, I consider it natural and easy to understand my desire to, after 20 years of hard work in politics, try to provide myself with a little more life comfort, peace and free time".
November 2012 - Announcement of his return to the head of the Government
"If you win the elections, then you become part of the expectations of the public who expect a responsible response to that trust".
The text was published in "Vijesti" in December 2010, when Đukanović left the post of prime minister.
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