Maurice Druon:
“Albanians belong to peoples older than history itself; their ancestors took part in the Trojan War, led by Achilles on one side and Hector on the other.”

Nicolae Iorga:
“The Albanian people, together with the Basques, are the oldest in Europe.”

Maximilian Lambertz:
“The true history of humanity will only be written when it is written with the participation of Albanians.”

Alphonse de Lamartine:
“This nation cannot be trampled… This is the land of heroes of all times… Homer found Achilles there, the Greeks Alexander the Great, the Turks Skanderbeg—men of the same race and blood.”

Hecquard:
“Nowhere in the world are women more respected or exercise greater influence than Albanian women; some Albanian mothers expelled their sons for abandoning the battlefield and sent them back to fight.”

Lord Byron:
“Albanians, with their costumes, create the most magnificent spectacle in the world… They are the most beautiful human race, braver than their fortresses.”
“They are the most beautiful creatures I have ever seen… An Albanian woman gives her heart and body to only one man.”

Henry Noel Brailsford:
“The ‘primitive’ Albanian is in fact the ‘superman’ that Nietzsche dreamed of.”

Giuseppe Catapano:
“Atlantis, which disappeared 12,000 years ago, was the land of the Illyrians (Pelasgians), who survived the flood and spread civilizations across Europe, Africa, and Asia Minor.”

Agostino Ribecco:
“The millennial ethnographic and geographic rights of Albanians extend across Illyria, Macedonia, and Thessaly.”

Branislav Nušić:
“Albanians are autochthonous and preserved their type and character through all migrations; they resisted Romans and Slavs who occupied plains and rivers.”

Barbara Jelavich:
“The ethnic roots of the ancient Macedonians were most likely Illyrian, although the elite adopted Greek culture.”

Dimitar Kosev:
“The walls of ancient Skopje belong to Dardanian antiquity, and the church near Ohrid was a gift from Progon, founder of the Principality of Arbër.”

Dushko Konstantinov:
“Albanians are the oldest inhabitants of the Balkans and direct descendants of ancient Illyrians, who built the strongest state in the region.”

Edwin Jacques:
“The Illyrians or Albanians were noble warriors, heirs of Achilles, Philip, Alexander the Great, and Pyrrhus of Epirus.”

Edwin Pears:
“Albanians descend from the oldest race in the Balkans, the Aryan race, meaning ‘people of pure gold.’”

Max Müller (attributed):
“The names of many peoples derive from the ancient Albanian word ‘Ar’.”

Fanula Papazoglu:
“Dardania is one of the Balkan regions where the indigenous population has been best preserved.”

Gustav Meyer:
“Albanians are the modern Illyrians.”

Johann Georg von Hahn:
“Albanians descend from Illyrians, and Illyrians from Pelasgians.”

H.Tunmann:
“Albanians are the direct autochthonous continuation of the ancient Illyrian population.”

Harold Whitehall:
“Egyptian hieroglyphs, created 4000 years BC, have meanings in Albanian.”

Adolf Hitler (attributed):
“Albanians are a pure Aryan race; Albania is a small romantic Balkan land.”

Hristo Andonov-Popljanski:
“Objects found in Vergina are Illyrian.”

Ivan Mikulčić:
“In Heraclea lived the Dassareti, an Illyrian tribe.”

J. Pokorny:
“The river Iller in Germany is linked to the Illyrians.”

Johann von Hahn:
“The Albanian language derives from Illyrian, and Illyrian from Pelasgian.”

Josip Korošec:
“The graves of Trebeništa are Illyrian.”

Jovan Cvijić:
“When Slavs arrived in the Balkans, they found Albanians, who retreated south and into the mountains.”

Koce Stojmenov:
“Illyrians are the ancestors of Albanians, who should have equal rights in Macedonia.”

Konstantin Paparrigopoulos:
“Only Albanians are considered descendants of the Illyrian race.”

L.S. Stavrianos:
“Illyrians inhabited much of the Balkans but were later pushed south by Slavic invaders.”

Louis Schneider:
“The Albanian element is autochthonous and older than all Balkan peoples.”

M. Panov:
“The pre-Slavic inhabitants of the Balkans were Illyrians; some were killed, displaced, or assimilated.”

M.E. Pittard:
“Albanians are a very beautiful race of mountain people… the Albanian race is Illyrian… they are among the best soldiers in Europe.”

Mathieu Aref:
“Albanians descend from Pelasgians; many mythological names have Albanian roots.”

Miklosich:
“In the Balkans, Albanians preserved the original linguistic elements.”

Milutin Garašanin:
“Dardanians were autochthonous; Albanians are direct descendants of Illyrians.”

Mirko Petrović:
“Albanians are descendants of Lekë and Skanderbeg.”

P.B. Bertius:
“The Pirustae above the Drin are Albanians.”

Qiro Truhelka:
“The name ‘Illyrian’ relates to the Albanian word ‘i lirë’ (free).”

Pizani:
“There is no evidence that Albanians came from elsewhere.”

Peter Bartl:
“Neither Romans, Turks, nor Slavs broke the ethnocultural continuity of Albanians.”

Seignobos:
“Albanians are the most superior race in the Balkans.”

Stojan Novaković:
“Albanians are Illyrians.”

Thomopoulos:
“Albanians are true descendants of Pelasgians.”

Ugo Foscolo:
“The descendants of those ancient warriors appear at Troy, under Achilles and Pyrrhus… they later shaped Greece and conquered much of the world.”

Virchow:
“Albanians are the most warlike and the most superior race in the Balkans.”

Vasko Kostić:
“Trojans and Illyrians were the same people.”

August Schleicher:
“The Albanian language is ancient Pelasgian.”

Dositej Obradović:
“I learned Albanian easily; it is a simple and adaptable language.”

Gottfried Leibniz:
“The Albanian language is a fundamental language of the continent.”

Mihai Eminescu:
“Albanian is the most flexible language in the world.”

Marin Sorescu:
“Albanian is living proof of ancient European civilization.”

Reinhold:
“Albanian was also used in the Greek fleet.”

George Fred Williams:
“Albanian was the mother tongue of Alexander the Great… There is no more kind and noble people in Europe than Albanians.”

Ami Boué:
“Albanians are the most beautiful people in the Ottoman Empire.”

Branton:
“Albanians founded light cavalry tactics with speed and striking force.”

Erikson:
“There is no kinder or more noble people in Europe than Albanians.”

François Pouqueville:
“Albanians are full of enthusiasm for their homeland and remember their independence.”

Gérard de Nerval:
“Albanians were seen as fearless warriors who did not fear death.”

Gligor Prličev:
“Albanians are generous, intelligent, hospitable, and fearless in battle.”

Ibn Kemal:
“Albanians fought fiercely and defeated our army with great force.”

Lamartine:
“No pen can describe the heroic sacrifices of Albanians in the liberation of Greece.”

Pushkin:
“700 Albanians fought in a single battle of the Romanian revolution.”

Roger (1922):
“Albanians treat hospitality as a sacred ritual.”

Grand Seneschal (Normandy):
“Albanians behave humanely toward prisoners, unlike others in war.”

Stadtmüller:
“The Greek war of independence cannot be imagined without the Albanian element.”

Tacitus:
“Illyrians are strong, brave, and proud.”

Timotheos:
“Albanians are the most warlike in the world.”

Vuk Karadžić:
“Albanians, though of different religions, consider each other compatriots.”

A. Vasiliev:
“Justinian I was of Albanian origin.”

Adolphe Thiers:
“Napoleon Bonaparte was of Albanian (Arbëresh) origin.”

Edit Durham:
“Alexander the Great was undoubtedly Albanian.”

Finlay:
“Alexander the Great spoke an ancient Albanian dialect.”

Laonikos Chalkokondyles:
“Tsar Dušan and Prince Lazar were Triballi—Albanians.”

Ljubomir Domazetović:
“Odysseus was Illyrian.”

Mathieu Aref:
“Atatürk and Bourguiba had Albanian mothers.”

Robert d’Angely:
“Homer, Alexander, Garibaldi, and Napoleon were Illyro-Albanian.”

Sime Pandovski:
“Philip II was born in Kruja.”