“I had to choose: Either leave the country, where it’s become dangerous for me, or go on the offensive.”

Any private security is a joke in a country where youre up against your own government.

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

Nothing is sacred to a gamester.

I would like to become the prime minister, do the job for two years, and then leave and devote myself to public work.

A difficult regional situation doesn’t justify one man’s determination to hold onto power. It’s clear to me that democratization is a very complicated process.

I decided to go into politics because of our Soviet-style government.

Since the whole village was poor, we didnt realize our own poverty. I was happy.

Our policy is European and Euro-Atlantic integration. There is no substitute for NATO.

A small country like Georgia has little influence on conflicts that must be resolved at the global level.

There are eight different breeds of peacock. I have them all.

I may not be a politician, but I will fight to the end of my life for what I believe in.

Europe and America should judge Georgia’s leadership on the basis of their actions, not just their words and promises. Otherwise Saakashvili will transform Georgia into a dictatorship.

This is my philosophy: I prefer to stay out of the public eye. I love freedom.

All beings tremble before danger, all fear death. When a man considers this, he does not kill or cause to kill.

To the media, I have become a symbolic figure, critical of China. According to the government, I am a dangerous threat.

We’re different, and you’re dangerous.” That kind of thinking stops human, civilized evolution. It’s dangerous to create that kind of tension.

Edged tools are dangerous things to handle, and not infrequently do much hurt.

The internet creates chaos and a dangerous kind of piracy but makes the viewer much more active and gives the voice to minority players.

When men – insofar as they are embodiments of the patriarchal idea – have become dangerous to children and other living things, themselves included

Again, during a sacrifice, the augur Spurinna warned Caesar that the danger threatening him would not come later than the Ides of March.

As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart here, and scorn to fly.