Boris Sarafov, The Macedonian Agitation, The Times, 1901

“It is a grievous error to suppose that we seek to acquire Macedonia on behalf of Bulgaria.We Macedonians consider ourselves to be an enirely separate nation element,and we are not in the least disposed to allow our country to be seized by Bulgaria,Serbia or Greece.We will in fact oppose any such incorporation with all our might.Macedonia must belong to the Macedonians.The misunderstanding has arisen through our residing in Bulgaria.The circumstance of our having prepared a Macedonian insurrection while living in this country led to the conclusion that we were aiming at a union between the two Slav provinces. That is, however, perfectly absurd. If we were to be expelled from Bulgaria and were to settle in Switzerland nobody would suppose that we intended to liberate Macedonia on behalf of Switzerland; we merely go where we find the most favourable opportunities for our revolutionary work.”
 
Taken from The Times, London, April 12, 1901, pp. 3-4.