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"I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister."
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"I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation."
Government

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

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

"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

"I am not responsible for the actions of Saakashvili and even for those of Gamsakhurdia."
Action

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

"I believe politicians should always remain realistic."
Politics

"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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"But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country."
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"Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good."
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"It is easier to start a war than to end it."
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"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough."
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"Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest."
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"If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots."
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"The European organisation contemplated could not oppose any ethnic group, on other continents or in Europe itself, outside of the League of Nations, any more than it could oppose the League of Nations."
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"Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."
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"One picture is worth 1,000 denials."
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"Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it."
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"(A Foreign Secretary) is forever poised between the cliche and the indiscretion."
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"No mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology."
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