Eduard Shevardnadze Zitate auf Englisch

Zitat des Tages von Eduard Shevardnadze:

I don't plan to return. I have a lot of unresolved things to do.

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

We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.

Eduard Shevardnadze

I don't plan to return. I have a lot of unresolved things to do.

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

I believe politicians should always remain realistic.

Eduard Shevardnadze

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

Eduard Shevardnadze

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

Eduard Shevardnadze

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.

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

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But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely.

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But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country.

Eduard Shevardnadze

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.

Eduard Shevardnadze

In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation.

Eduard Shevardnadze

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

Eduard Shevardnadze

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

Eduard Shevardnadze

You know in the West they support realistic forces.

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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.

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

Eduard Shevardnadze

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.

Eduard Shevardnadze

When I came back to power, Georgia was completely isolated on the international stage.

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

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As for myself, I was never against Russia.

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.

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