38 Quotes by Eduard Shevardnadze

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

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

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.

As for myself, I was never against Russia.

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

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.

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

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.