In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation. (Eduard Shevardnadze)
When I came back to power, Georgia was completely isolated on the international stage. (Eduard Shevardnadze)
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. (Eduard Shevardnadze)
Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good. (Eduard Shevardnadze)
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. (Eduard Shevardnadze)
It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so. (Eduard Shevardnadze)
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. (Eduard Shevardnadze)
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. (Eduard Shevardnadze)
Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist. (Eduard Shevardnadze)
Even the pyramids might one day disappear, but not the Palestinians longing for their homeland. (Eduard Shevardnadze)
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