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Gavrilo Princip Quotes

1894–1918

Gavrilo Princip (Cyrillic: Гаврило Принцип) (25 July 1894 – 28 April 1918) was a Yugoslav nationalist, famous for assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife in 1914. The assassinations set off a chain of events that led to World War I.

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Our shades shall tread Vienna's streets, roaming the courtyard, striking fear in noble hearts.

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.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Gavrilo Princip (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.