I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new governmen….

It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so..

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

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

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

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

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

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….

Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Everything is being prepared so t….

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….

I don't want to go down in history as a man who allowed blood to be shed....

Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist..

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

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

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good..

But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country..

I believe politicians should always remain realistic..

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

I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties..

But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely..

We also have a real opportunity to join NATO..