"I believe politicians should always remain realistic."

Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian Politician

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

Creativity, Idea

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

Rhetoric, Crowds, Promises

"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."

Leadership, Leader, Elections, First

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

Power,

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

Duty, Neglect, Right

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

Diplomacy, Russia

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

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"If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party."

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"Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them."

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"There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour."

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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Politics, Civilization, Nation, State, Will

"I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that - that - when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it."

Warren Buffett, American Businessman

Politics, People, Country, Income, Needs

"The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Politics, Government, People, Will

"Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Politics, Government, Conquest, Principles

"Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is."

Ronald Reagan, American President

Politics, Abuse, America, Forget

"Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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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."

"We also have a real opportunity to join NATO."

"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."

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

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"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

"If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party."

"Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them."

"There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour."

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be."

"I just think that - when a country needs more income and we do, we're only taking in 15 percent of GDP, I mean, that - that - when a country needs more income, they should get it from the people that have it."

"The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them."

"Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government."

"Let us not forget who we are. Drug abuse is a repudiation of everything America is."

"Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms."