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"I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed."

Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian Politician
Diplomacy, Resignation
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"I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed."

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"I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties."
Creativity, Idea
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"When I came back to power, Georgia was completely isolated on the international stage."
Power,
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"As for myself, I was never against Russia."
Tolerance, Russia
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"We also have a real opportunity to join NATO."
Opportunity,
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"But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country."
Corruption, Country
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"You know in the West they support realistic forces."
Support,
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"True, other countries are helping us. Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources."
Nation, Countries, Day, Germany, Help
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"Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Everything is being prepared so that we will soon enter the European Union."
Being, Community, Europe, Nations
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"Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources."
Self-reliance, Day, Germany, Help, States
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"But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely."
Help,

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"Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it."

George Washington, American President
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"We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman
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"Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words."

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet
Diplomacy, Actions, Words
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"We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them."

Abdul Kalam, Indian Statesman
Diplomacy, History, Life, Culture, Land
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"The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state."

Plato, Greek Philosopher
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"A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron."

Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader
Diplomacy, Water
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"Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author
Diplomacy, Eyes, Will
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"When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman
Diplomacy, Government, Home, Time, Country
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"When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman
Diplomacy, Man, Nothing
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"We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman
Diplomacy, Nation, Respect
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