Top 33 Quotes & Sayings by Eduard Shevardnadze
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Georgian politician Eduard Shevardnadze.
Last updated on November 21, 2024.
Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist.
But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country.
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.
Even the pyramids might one day disappear, but not the Palestinians longing for their homeland.
The external world is committed to helping Georgia settle its 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.
But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely.
I am not responsible for the actions of Saakashvili and even for those of Gamsakhurdia.
I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister.
I don't want to go down in history as a man who allowed blood to be shed.
I don't plan to return. I have a lot of unresolved things to do.
As for myself, I was never against Russia.
I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
You know in the West they support realistic forces.
You know, to address crowds and make promises does not require very much brains.
Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.
To sum up, what has been our policy? We looked for and found friends all throughout the world.
When I came back to power, Georgia was completely isolated on the international stage.
I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed.
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.
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.
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.
It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so.
But the Americans have no extra money. They have their own problems. They can provide financial assistance for two, three, four, or six months at most.
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.
No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities.
I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties.
In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation.
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.
We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.
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 don't want to go down in history as a man who allowed blood to be shed...
I think if someone else other than Reagan, someone less of a hardliner, had been in power then the breakthrough in ending the Cold War would not have happened.
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