MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI

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.

Georgia does not need Russia as an enemy.

Solidarity was the best thing which happened in the 20th century.

Corruption in Georgia was so bad that no one could imagine life without it.

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.

I promise not to become a source of shame for you.

America is very important economically. It's certainly, by far, the most important country in the world.

Well, killing me makes no sense because Georgia already has a Western-educated political class.

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.

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.

Georgia is not just a European country, but one of the most ancient European countries.

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.

We must create the Georgia that our ancestors dreamed of, the Georgia that we dream of.

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.

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.

I admire American ideas.

With the most powerful binoculars, I cannot see Alaska.

It is time we Georgians did not depend only on others, it is time we asked what Georgia will do for the world.

Georgia does not need Russia as an enemy.

We have not created any sort of democratic test for any nation.

The more insecure you are, the more prone you are to create crises.

I promise not to become a source of shame for you.

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.

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.

Well, killing me makes no sense because Georgia already has a Western-educated political class.

For the first time in 15 years, Georgia this winter has its electric power guaranteed without deficit. This is a historic achievement.

Solidarity was the best thing which happened in the 20th century.

If you have an open society that what happens—people say things and they criticize you.

Corruption in Georgia was so bad that no one could imagine life without it.

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.

Investors feel very comfortable working in Georgia

America is very important economically. It's certainly, by far, the most important country in the world.