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

Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian Politician

Diplomacy, Resignation

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"The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts."

Ronald Reagan, American President

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"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."

Nelson Mandela, South African Statesman

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"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"When people have a controversial opinion about an event or a prominent figure, it can significantly increase conflicts of interests that can result people to be socially excluded who don't share the same perspective as them. The way people can end conflicts of interests is to negotiate their conflicting views and unite in order to establish tranquility."

Saaif Alam, Indian Writer

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"A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age."

Robert Frost, American Poet

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"The format's better because it gives us a much stronger hand to play when going to the North Koreans unified, with our allies and partners in the region, all of us saying the same thing: telling them their current course is unacceptable."

Mitchell Reiss, American Diplomat

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"They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all nations, and special favors to none."

Robert Toombs, American Politician

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"We have always had great and loyal fans in Oakland."

Jim Otto, American Athlete

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"To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform."

John Negroponte, American Diplomat

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"Japan is dealing us a dead hand. For two years we have watched the Japanese drag their feet and we can't let them continue to slam the door in our faces."

Craig L. Thomas, American Politician

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"I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision."

History

"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

"The external world is committed to helping Georgia settle its problems."

Problems

"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

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

Power

"But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because the street protesters were full of anger and nearly out of control. This is why I thought we needed to find another way out."

Anger

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

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"The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts."

"If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner."

"From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent."

"A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age."

"The format's better because it gives us a much stronger hand to play when going to the North Koreans unified, with our allies and partners in the region, all of us saying the same thing: telling them their current course is unacceptable."

"They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all nations, and special favors to none."

"We have always had great and loyal fans in Oakland."

"To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform."

"Japan is dealing us a dead hand. For two years we have watched the Japanese drag their feet and we can't let them continue to slam the door in our faces."

Explore more quotes by Eduard Shevardnadze

"I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision."

"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."

"The external world is committed to helping Georgia settle its problems."

"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."

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

"But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because the street protesters were full of anger and nearly out of control. This is why I thought we needed to find another way out."

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

"But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely."

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

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