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Warren Zimmerman, diplomat, "Conversations/Warren Zimmermann; Haunted by What the U.S. Didn't Do in Yugoslavia" in The New York Times (14 June 1992)
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Tuđman is a nationalist leader who made some very bad mistakes early in his presidency toward Croatia's Serbian minority. He also advocated a partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina between Serbia and Croatia. He has given at least passive support to Croatian military forces in Bosnia. That said, he is a man who has learned from his mistakes.

— Warren Zimmerman

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Tuđman is a nationalist leader who made some very bad mistakes early in his presidency toward Croatia's Serbian minority. He also advocated a partition of Bosnia and Herzegovina between Serbia and Croatia. He has given at least passive support to Croatian military forces in Bosnia. That said, he is a man who has learned from his mistakes." in the context of "Warren Zimmerman, diplomat, "Conversations/Warren Zimmermann; Haunted by What the U.S. Didn't Do in Yugoslavia" in The New York Times (14 June 1992)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Franjo Tuđman" (About Franjo Tuđman) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Franjo Tuđman

About Franjo Tuđman

Franjo Tuđman (14 May 1922 – 10 December 1999), also written as Franjo Tudjman, was a Croatian politician and historian. Following the country's independence from Yugoslavia he became the first President of Croatia and served as president from 1990 until his death in 1999. He was the 9th and last President of the Presidency of SR Croatia from May to July 1990.