"Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good."

Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian Politician

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"Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good."

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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."

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"I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties."

"You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains."

"Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader."

"When I came back to power, Georgia was completely isolated on the international stage."

"As for myself, I was never against Russia."

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"But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country."

"You know in the West they support realistic forces."

"No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities."

"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."

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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."

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

"Words are also actions, and actions are a kind of words."

"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."

"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."

"A sincere diplomat is like dry water or wooden iron."

"Where there is an observatory and a telescope, we expect that any eyes will see new worlds at once."

"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."

"When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite."

"We do not covet anything from any nation except their respect."