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Bidzina Ivanishvili Quotes

- Businessman | February 18, 1956 -

It was not my wish to come into politics. I was not a public person; I preferred to spend my birthdays with family and friends. But the 2008 elections were fraudulent, so I decided to finance the opposition to make them stronger.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Family Politics Finance Friends Wish

I've never been an oligarch. The definition of an oligarch is someone who has co-operated with the government, and I never did.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Government Someone Never Been Who

My main capital isn't the money. I respect myself; I respect my country.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Respect Myself Money Country Capital

I travel as much as I can and meet people.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Travel People I Can Meet Much

Any private security is a joke in a country where you're up against your own government.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Government You Security Country Own

Since the whole village was poor, we didn't realize our own poverty. I was happy.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Happy Poverty Village Poor Realize

My only hobby is going for walks outdoors.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Outdoors Hobby Going Only Walks

All the therapists would tell me was that I was the only healthy person they knew.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Me Person Healthy Tell Only Would

I was forced to come into politics because Saakashvili had destroyed the opposition. I had a choice either to leave the country, because it was dangerous to live here, or to go into politics.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Live Politics Choice Dangerous Go

In Georgia, people had already understood that communism couldn't survive, and I came to the institute in Moscow, and people still believed in it. They were completely different people, and I found it very difficult psychologically.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

People Communism Survive Difficult

I was writing my Ph.D. in the late 1980s and was keeping an eye on what was happening in the world. It became obvious to me that Russia couldn't live without computers. I think I worked this out a year before anyone else. I started looking for people who could help import them.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Live People Me Writing World Think

I have always lived according to my conscience, and my past is clean.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Past Clean Always Conscience Lived

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