"I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister."

Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian Politician

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"I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister."

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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."

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"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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"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

Diplomacy, Blood, Europe, Forget, Nations

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Poet

Diplomacy, Actions, 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."

Abdul Kalam, Indian Statesman

Diplomacy, History, Life, Culture, Land

"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

Diplomacy, Home, Lie, Lying, May

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

Joseph Stalin, Russian Leader

Diplomacy, Water

"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

"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

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

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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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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"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."