Mikhail Saakashvili quotes:
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If Russia shuts off central Asia and the Caspian Sea from Europe, the European allies of the United States will be totally dependent on Russian gas and energy.
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I have good relationships with Hillary Clinton, Joseph Biden and especially Richard Holbrooke - he is my teacher. I learned a lot of great things from him.
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For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement.
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It is time we Georgians did not depend only on others, it is time we asked what Georgia will do for the world.
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Georgia does not need Russia as an enemy.
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Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries.
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First and foremost - our vision for a united and peaceful Georgia is based on respect for the desire - and respect for the right - to South Ossetian autonomy.
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Investors feel very comfortable working in Georgia
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We have not created any sort of democratic test for any nation.
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Well, killing me makes no sense because Georgia already has a Western-educated political class.
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We must create the Georgia that our ancestors dreamed of, the Georgia that we dream of.
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I admire American ideas.
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Understandably, no peace can sustained when people continue to suffer from hunger, lack of jobs, lack of basic public services - and most of all - lack of opportunity or hope.
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With the most powerful binoculars, I cannot see Alaska.
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Solidarity was the best thing which happened in the 20th century.
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America has value-based leadership. America is valued - America is followed by other nations, including my own nation, because it's based on the values that America has to offer to the rest of the world - freedom, freedom of choice, democracy, open market.
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America is very important economically. It's certainly, by far, the most important country in the world.
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I promise not to become a source of shame for you.
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Keeping small nations enslaved because of the deals between the great nations or because of any pragmatic considerations that might have been there are totally unacceptable.
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The more insecure you are, the more prone you are to create crises.