“If we do not have rule of law and effective and transparent judiciary, everything else will start crumbling down.”

— Ana Brnabić

Source: "Ana Brnabić: 'I do not want to be branded Serbia's gay PM'" in The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/28/ana-brnabic-serbia-prime-minister-interview (28 July 2017)

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