Gavrilo Princip

“If I hadn't done it, the Germans would have found another excuse.”

“Our shadows will be walking through Vienna, strolling through the court, frightening the lords.”

“There is no need to carry me to another prison. My life is already ebbing away. I suggest that you nail me to a cross and burn me alive. My flaming body will be a torch to light my people on their path to freedom.”

“I do not regret it, because I am a nationalist. I have sought to avenge the Serbian people.”

“I am not a criminal, for I have destroyed a bad man. I thought I was right.”

“I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I am not sorry.”

“I am a Yugoslav nationalist, aiming for the unification of all Yugoslavs, and I do not care what form of state, but it must be freed from Austria.”