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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. "
George Papandreou
New
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Difficult
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" Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution. "
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Everyone
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" I never thought of politics as a profession. "
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Never
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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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Over
Victory
Change
" If we were going to default, we would have decided that many months ago. It would be wrong for the Greek economy, it would be wrong for the European economy, it would make things worse in the end. That's why we're taking the pain and making these structural reforms, and we're on target. "
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Pain
Economy
End
" We had about 60 regions in Greece and now there are only 13. It'd be like cutting down 50 states to 13 and making it more efficient. "
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Now
Only
Down
" 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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" I have been supporting the European Union, but we are still a work in progress. We have to become more of a United States of Europe. We should talk about electing a president of the E.U., rather than having one selected from the heads of government. "
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Talk
Progress
Become
" 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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Welcome
I Am
People
" 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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Me
Politics
Said
" If we had a consensus we wouldn't have to go to a referendum. "
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Consensus
Referendum
Had
" Greece's history in the drachma was an up-and-down history, a roller coaster. "
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Coaster
Roller Coaster
History
" We have a rise of extremism because we need to give a sense that we are targeting some of the deeper problems in Greece, the injustices. "
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Problems
Greece
Sense
" Every leader wants to put his or her imprint on the work that they do, and grow up in specific eras. "
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Work
Up
Grow
" 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. "
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Potential
Strengths
Political
" My hope is that we will turn Greece into maybe the most transparent country in the world with everything on the web. "
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Web
Hope
World
" The structures in Europe in a globalising economy need to be modernised, need to be more integrated, need to be stronger. "
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Stronger
Economy
Europe
" Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly. "
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Before
Took
Quite
" 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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Politics
Political
Life
" 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. "
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Strength
Opportunity
Crisis
" 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. "
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Life
Freedom
Fight
" Today I want to send a message of optismism to all Greeks. Our road, our path, will be more stabilised. Our country will be in a better situation. We will be stronger. "
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Path
Today
Situation
" I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together. "
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People
Problems
Together
" Many people have been pontificating, and patronizing, and moralizing, and scapegoating, saying you Greeks, you are the problem. I would say we Greeks have a problem. We are not the problem. "
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Problem
People
Been
" 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. "
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Political
Money
Government
" There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come. "
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Choices
Nation
Moments
" 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. "
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Potential
Know
Great
" If you put all the European countries together, we are the biggest economy in the world. "
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World
Economy
Countries
" This idea that you're a successful tough guy if you evade taxes and deceive the state has got to change. "
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Taxes
You