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George Papandreou  Quotes
You can theorise about the options you have but in reality they are very specific.

—George Papandreou

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I have a deep sense of responsibility to my country and Greek people.

—George Papandreou

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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...

—George Papandreou

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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.

—George Papandreou

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Means
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Greece’s history in the drachma was an up-and-down history, a roller coaster.

—George Papandreou

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There is this concept of politics as a dirty game. It’s a difficult game, but it doesn’t have to be dirty. I think this is what we need to bring to politics. I think politics...

—George Papandreou

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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.

—George Papandreou

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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.

—George Papandreou

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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...

—George Papandreou

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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...

—George Papandreou

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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.

—George Papandreou

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I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country’s problems together.

—George Papandreou

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Every leader wants to put his or her imprint on the work that they do, and grow up in specific eras.

—George Papandreou

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If you put all the European countries together, we are the biggest economy in the world.

—George Papandreou

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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?

—George Papandreou

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This idea that you’re a successful tough guy if you evade taxes and deceive the state has got to change.

—George Papandreou

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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.

—George Papandreou

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LessProblemTalk
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I never thought of politics as a profession.

—George Papandreou

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Profession
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It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments.

—George Papandreou

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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...

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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...

—George Papandreou

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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...

—George Papandreou

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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.

—George Papandreou

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There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.

—George Papandreou

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Previous governments, particularly the one before I took over, mismanaged the economy quite badly.

—George Papandreou

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The Marshall Plan was after destruction, and the U.S. came to our help and obviously this was very, very important for the future of Europe. I think now we have all the capabilities of doing...

—George Papandreou

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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,...

—George Papandreou

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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...

—George Papandreou

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We in Europe have great capacities.

—George Papandreou

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When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.

—George Papandreou

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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.

—George Papandreou

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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?...

—George Papandreou

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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,...

—George Papandreou

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CrisisFact
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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.

—George Papandreou

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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

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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....

—George Papandreou

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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...

—George Papandreou

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Father
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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.

—George Papandreou

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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...

—George Papandreou

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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...

—George Papandreou

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Already people are saying we do need a change.

—George Papandreou

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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

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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,...

—George Papandreou

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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.

—George Papandreou

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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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Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution.

—George Papandreou

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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

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But sovereign debt is a wider question not only in Europe but across the globe. While every country is a unique case, I think it’s not an issue of countries acting on their own. We...

—George Papandreou

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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...

—George Papandreou

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PainTakingWrong
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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.

—George Papandreou

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