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

Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian Politician

Diplomacy, Resignation

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"No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology."

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

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

Rhetoric

"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

"They're making a song and dance because that serves their immediate interests. But what will happen tomorrow? They will have to pay salaries and pensions."

Dance

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

Diplomacy

"Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist."

Corruption

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

Duty

"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."

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"One picture is worth 1,000 denials."

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

"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."

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

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

"I believe politicians should always remain realistic."

"They're making a song and dance because that serves their immediate interests. But what will happen tomorrow? They will have to pay salaries and pensions."

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

"Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist."

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

"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."