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Georgia's character - now and forever - celebrates tolerance, embraces diversity, relishes lively and open debate, and above all, respects liberty and human dignity. Georgia is a democracy, because above all - its national identity is rooted in the traditions of democracy.

— Mikheil Saakashvili Remarks to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (2005)

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