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" Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs. "
George Papandreou
Interest Rates
Interest
Deep
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" There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. "
George Papandreou
Politics
Concept
Dirty
" The unemployed in Greece can get a voucher and choose a training program somewhere in Europe to be retrained during this crisis and when this crisis is over, we make sure that that person hasn't fallen off the cliff and can come back into the labor market with new skills to find a job. "
George Papandreou
Choose
New
Skills
" If we were the problem, it would be very convenient - kick Greece out, everything's fine. What would happen to Spain, what about Portugal, what about Italy, what about the whole of the euro zone? We need more cooperation and less simplification and prejudice. "
George Papandreou
Prejudice
Problem
Cooperation
" The Greek people do not want to exit the euro. And I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have made major sacrifices to stay in the euro zone. "
George Papandreou
Exit
I Believe
People
" Already people are saying we do need a change. "
George Papandreou
Need
Change
People
" You can theorise about the options you have but in reality they are very specific. "
George Papandreou
About
Options
Reality
" We stand united, facing the big responsibility to change our country into a nation of justice, solidarity, humanity and green development. "
George Papandreou
Change
Green
Justice
" I think there is a heritage which I'm proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice. "
George Papandreou
Life
Freedom
Fight
" We in Europe have great capacities. "
George Papandreou
Europe
Great
Capacities
" I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together. "
George Papandreou
People
Problems
Together
" We're very proud to be part of the eurozone. But this comes with obligations and it is crucial we show the world we can live up to those obligations. "
George Papandreou
Show
Proud
World
" The fact that we're going through a crisis is an opportunity for Europe to be more coordinated and more integrated. We're actually talking about a European Monetary Fund or euro bonds, about guarantees for countries, about economic governance in the European Union. That shows the strength of Europe. "
George Papandreou
Strength
Opportunity
Crisis
" Every leader wants to put his or her imprint on the work that they do, and grow up in specific eras. "
George Papandreou
Work
Up
Grow
" Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises. Our political system promotes nepotism and wasting money. This has undermined our legal system and confidence in the functioning of the state. One of the consequences is that many citizens don't pay their taxes. "
George Papandreou
Political
Money
Government
" I have a deep sense of responsibility to my country and Greek people. "
George Papandreou
People
Country
Deep
" My hope is that we will turn Greece into maybe the most transparent country in the world with everything on the web. "
George Papandreou
Web
Hope
World
" Europe is a strong market for the U.S. If it has problems, if there's a lack of consumer confidence, if there's a deeper recession, this will deeply affect jobs in the U.S. "
George Papandreou
Lack
Will
Confidence
" First of all, Greece won't go down. We're talking about a country that is capable of making change. Europe will not allow the destabilization of the 27-country euro zone. But if there were no action, then markets would start becoming jittery about other countries - and not only Spain and Portugal, but other countries in the European Union. "
George Papandreou
Start
Action
Country
" It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments. "
George Papandreou
Decisions
Important
Greek
" There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come. "
George Papandreou
Choices
Nation
Moments
" Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution. "
George Papandreou
Own
Everyone
Revolution
" Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a fiscal union. Now steps have been taken to begin that process. And there is more solidarity from nation to nation, and that is a good thing. That has been Greece's gift to Europe. "
George Papandreou
Good
Nation
Opportunity
" Countries are not like financial markets. Social change cannot be executed as swiftly as credit-default swaps. You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical responsibilities. "
George Papandreou
You
Change
Like
" We are a country with great potential. We have the political will to make deep changes in a just and equitable way, to put our country back on a development path, to meet the challenges of a new world. "
George Papandreou
World
Path
Great
" Greece has great strengths, but much of this potential has been wasted. That's because of a wider political system, but also because of a lack of an institutional framework. "
George Papandreou
Potential
Strengths
Political
" How can a parliamentarian or a leader in a country say, on the one hand, that we're going to support Greece but at the same time say that Greeks are lazy? "
George Papandreou
Country
Support
Time
" This idea that you're a successful tough guy if you evade taxes and deceive the state has got to change. "
George Papandreou
Change
Taxes
You
" I would like to see Greece as a case study, an opportunity for Europe to strengthen its coordination of fiscal policy. "
George Papandreou
Like
Opportunity
Study
" We Greeks want change. We know there are problems in our system. We have great potential but we need to manage our country well. Now that hasn't been done over the last decades. And that is, of course, what we are paying for. "
George Papandreou
Potential
Know
Great
" The more there is a European solution to a theoretical, but possible, problem in the markets, the less we will have to talk about an I.M.F. solution. "
George Papandreou
Talk
Possible
Will