- Politician | January 25, 1928 - July 7, 2014
I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed.
Eduard Shevardnadze
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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.
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Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Everything is being prepared so that we will soon enter the European Union.
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I don't plan to return. I have a lot of unresolved things to do.
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I don't want to go down in history as a man who allowed blood to be shed.
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In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation.
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You know in the West they support realistic forces.
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Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader.
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I believe politicians should always remain realistic.
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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.
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I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties.
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I believe that with the help of foreign countries - and under that condition only, because they have no other source of financing - the new government may temporarily extricate Georgia from the current situation.
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