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"I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister."
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"Widowhood had done nothing to curb my smart mouth. So much for diplomacy."
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"You learn, just as you learn good manners, how to approach things with a certain amount of diplomacy."
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"If you can't answer a man's arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names."
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"Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop."
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"It's proper and appropriate to remind the Chinese about what they get out of solid relations with the United States."
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"Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity."
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"Once the Xerox copier was invented, diplomacy died."
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"Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations."
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"Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it."
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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."
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"Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist."
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"It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so."
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"No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities."
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"I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed."
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"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."
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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."
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"As for myself, I was never against Russia."
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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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"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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"We also have a real opportunity to join NATO."
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