Bidzina Ivanishvili quotes

Bidzina Ivanishvili is a Georgian businessman and philanthropist, known as one of the country’s wealthiest individuals. A major political figure, he founded the Georgian Dream party and served as Prime Minister of Georgia. He remains highly influential in both Georgia’s economic and political spheres. Here are 15 of his quotes:

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

Bidzina Ivanishvili

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

Bidzina Ivanishvili

I get no pleasure from politics; its not in my character.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

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

Bidzina Ivanishvili

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

Bidzina Ivanishvili

All the therapists would tell me was that I was the only healthy person they knew.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

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

Bidzina Ivanishvili

I travel as much as I can and meet people.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

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

Bidzina Ivanishvili

It was not my wish to come into politics. I was not a public person; I preferred to spend my birthdays with family and friends. But the 2008 elections were fraudulent, so I decided to finance the opposition to make them stronger.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Restoration of friendship with Russia, our biggest neighbor, is necessary for our peace and economy.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Georgians take pride in Stalin and see him as a symbol of the victory over Fascism... no one should be able to take that away from them.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

There is a real and evident problem of democracy in Georgia, and this was the core reason of my entrance into politics. We have no rule of law. It's absolutely absent.

Bidzina Ivanishvili