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" If we had a consensus we wouldn't have to go to a referendum. "
George Papandreou
Consensus
Referendum
Had
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" I have always said I will be in politics to serve as best as I can and it will take me wherever it will take me. "
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" I have a deep sense of responsibility to my country and Greek people. "
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" 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. "
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" 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? "
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" We in Europe have great capacities. "
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" 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. "
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" We stand united, facing the big responsibility to change our country into a nation of justice, solidarity, humanity and green development. "
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" As long as I feel I am doing what I think is right and just for my country, for the Greek people, that is enough for me. Saving Greece from this crisis was the first thing on the agenda. We are now on a much more normalised road. "
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" Already people are saying we do need a change. "
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" Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly. "
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Quite
" 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. "
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" Greece's history in the drachma was an up-and-down history, a roller coaster. "
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History
" I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today. "
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Family
Today
Father
" If Greece had gone through a very normal political life, I may have not been in politics. But just the fact that I lived through huge upheavals and very difficult struggles and polarization and the barbarism of dictatorships - that made me feel that we had to change this country. "
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" Markets are saying pretty much what I'm saying too: that Greece is doing what it can, but that Greece is not going to be able to carry the weight of all of Europe and the other problems that Europe has. "
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" We are on a difficult course, on a new Odyssey for Greece, but we know the road to Ithaca and have charted the waters. "
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Road
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" I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora. "
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Am
Being
Greek
" I would like to see Greece as a case study, an opportunity for Europe to strengthen its coordination of fiscal policy. "
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Study
" Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that - more of a deeper political union. "
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Political
" Politics also means educating people. It's important to speak openly with our fellow Greeks, to tell them what our problems are and that we have to change something. "
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" 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. "
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" We have made major reforms in Greece. When I took over after a landslide victory we had a mandate for change and I knew my major focus would be re-organizing the state. "
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" 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. "
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Path
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Concept
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" At times of distress, we all like to recall the advice of fathers and mothers. The best advice my father gave me was to keep faith and deep confidence in the potential of the Greek people; nurture the belief that they can do things. "
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Faith
" I would say we are a friend in need and I am sure that the Greek people would very much welcome the choice of the British people to come and enjoy Greece, first of all, but also that would be a sign of support. "
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" 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. "
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