Georgia does not need Russia as an enemy.

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.

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.

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.

Investors feel very comfortable working in Georgia

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

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