Greek - Statesman | June 16, 1952 -
You can theorise about the options you have but in reality they are very specific.
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.
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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.
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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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It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments.
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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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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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When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.
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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.
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I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora.
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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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There is this concept of politics as a dirty game.
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