The West didn't see our real situation, and we were blinded by the compliments coming from the Europeans and Americans.

We lived in a totalitarian system for more than 70 years, and our views are still under its influence. Many heads of state in the former Soviet republics believe that they must have total power.

Our prison in Georgia is a very different place from this prison here in Berlin. The conditions there are inhuman.

I think that our society will not allow anyone to establish a dictatorship again in the future. [Mikhail] Saakashvili will fail.

I made mistakes. My supporters and I failed to prevent a main like [Mikhail] Saakashvili from acquiring absolute power. I should have criticized him earlier on.

I hope to be granted asylum. Deportation [ from Germany] that would be a death sentence for me.

Georgian society can no longer be divided. I don't want to see our country's best minds leaving the country to try their luck abroad.

We can get the task done without being paid.

Prayer can solve more problems, alleviate more suffering, prevent more transgression, and bring about greater peace and contentment in the human soul than can be obtained in any other way.

In remembering those who lost their lives in the London attacks and the September 11th attacks we continue our commitment to fighting for freedom, democracy and justice.

How much can you know about yourself if you've never been in a fight?

As an actress I take roles I find interesting.

Duty and to-day are ours; results and futurity belong to God.

When I look at interviews from when I was that age, I come off different than how I am because I've matured - and I've matured, become a man in front of the public eye.

I'm very happy. I'm doing what I love.

If you want your voice to be heard, speak from your heart.

Everybody is two beings: one lives and flourishes in the daylight and stands guard. The other being walks and howls at night.