Eduard Shevardnadze Quotes

• I believe politicians should always remain realistic.

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

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• I couldn’t stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties.

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• We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.

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

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• But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely.

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• As for myself, I was never against Russia.

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

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

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• Even the pyramids might one day disappear, but not the Palestinians longing for their homeland.

   

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• 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.

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Eduard Shevardnadze (32)

Birth:	25th January, 1928
Death:	7th July, 2014
Nationality:	Georgian
Profession:	Politician

About

Eduard Shevardnadze was born in Mamati, Guria, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union. He was a Georgian politician and diplomat. He served as First Secretary of the Georgian Communist Party, the de facto leader of Soviet Georgia from 1972 to 1985 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, he was President of Georgia from 1992 to 2003.

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