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" 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. "
George Papandreou
Problems
Greece
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" 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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" The real problem in Greece is not cutting taxes, it's making sure that we don't have tax evasion. "
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" 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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" It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments. "
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" Already people are saying we do need a change. "
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" I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora. "
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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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" 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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" People would say you look weak if you're not cursing the opposition and driving around in a big black car while always wearing a tie. Above all, to be 'strong' you're always supposed to be giving orders. "
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" 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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Economy
End
" You can theorise about the options you have but in reality they are very specific. "
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About
Options
Reality
" 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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" 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
" 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
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" 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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Like
Opportunity
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" 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
" 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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Exit
I Believe
People
" 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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Good
Nation
Opportunity
" 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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Change
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You
" Very often, people will come out and say, 'Greeks aren't doing things, Greeks aren't making changes, there's no reform,' That is hogwash. We have made a huge effort. The Greek people have made a huge effort. "
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Out
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Doing
" 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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Best
Confidence
Faith
" 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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" 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 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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" I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together. "
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Problems
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" 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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" 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. "
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Possible
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" Greece's history in the drachma was an up-and-down history, a roller coaster. "
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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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