“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.

The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation,” she said. “Evil is easy to fight. Lack of wisdom… that is very hard indeed.

When you’re challenged, you’re totally alive and totally dealing with reality, particularly if it could be dangerous. And that excites me!

The most dangerous flaws are those which are good in moderation.

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush.

Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment.

Monsters exist, but they are too few in numbers to be truly dangerous.

Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.