Mikhail Saakashvili
Mikhail Saakashvili
Mikheil Saakashviliis a Ukrainian and former Georgian politician. He is the current Governor of Ukraine's Odessa Oblast, and was the third President of Georgia for two consecutive terms from 25 January 2004 to 17 November 2013. Saakashvili is the founder and former chairman of the United National Movement Party...
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Georgia today is a nation undergoing a profound transformation. It is a transformation that requires us to first acknowledge who we are - in order to be sure of what it is we want to build. It is a transformation that requires us to frankly assess our strengths and weaknesses, and to confront sometimes painful realities. And it is a transformation that is producing results.
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In any case there was no danger whatsoever for the presidents,
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The time has come to end divisions between peoples. The time has come to end the cycle of poverty, hopelessness and despair. The time has come when all those affected by this conflict must become genuine advocates for peace and no longer promoters of instability and an unhealthy status quo.
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If this had happened one year ago, the whole system would have collapsed.
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This man stole everything from us and he is not going to take notice of his own people. We are not going to take over the state chancellery building (Shevardnadze's offices), but I want you to get closer so he can hear our shouts.
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(The U.S. role) is something very crucial to us, not because the Americans can solve it alone,
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It means ... (we have) somebody at the table who could basically convince ... Russia that peace-making pays off ... we are working closely with the Americans on our peace plan and with the Russians on our peace plan.
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You can understand mixed feelings that people might have here,
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He understood the shortcoming which we had. He understood we had corruption.
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Our steady course is towards European integration. It is time Europe finally saw and valued Georgia and took steps towards us.
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We want to turn this page of history for this country.
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We are ready to hand over the control over these heights to the peacekeeping force, which includes Georgians,
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Today is the greatest day in the history of Georgia -- this is the day of our dignity, the birth of a new Georgia.
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Solidarity was the best thing which happened in the 20th century.