| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 39487 |
| QUOTATION: | A merciless fate threw me into this maelstrom. I wanted much, I began much, but the gale of the world carried away me and my work. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Draza Mihajlovic (1893–1946), Yugoslavian soldier, Serbian guerrilla leader. Final defense plea at his trial, July 15, 1946, Belgrade, before his execution by Tito’s forces, against whom he had been engaged in civil war. |
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