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

  George Papandreou

  People, Decision, Greek

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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

  Country, Greek, Stronger

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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.

  George Papandreou

  Pain, Greek, Reform

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• I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora.

  George Papandreou

  Greek, Diaspora, Proud

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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

  Country, Commitment, Responsibility

  "Why We Must Unite Against The Unprincipled Speculators". www.businessinsider.com. March 8, 2010.

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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 might be a professor somewhere today.

  George Papandreou

  Country, Father, Military

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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 around the world has very often been captured by big interests - 'lobbies' they call them in the States.

  George Papandreou

  Dirty, Thinking, Games

  "George Papandreou: The Greek Thinker". Interview with Nicole Itano, papandreou.gr. April 12, 2010.

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

  George Papandreou

  Growing Up, Sweden, Becoming

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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.

  George Papandreou

  Country, Father, Fighting

  "Q&A with George Papandreou". Interview with Nicole Itano, papandreou.gr. April 12, 2010.

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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.

  George Papandreou

  Country, Thinking, Long

  "Reinvigorating Greece is an Olympian task for prime minister Papandreou". Interview With Helena Smith, www.theguardian.com. July 16, 2010.

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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

  Country, Responsibility, Justice

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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.

  George Papandreou

  Europe, Stronger, Needs

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• The real problem in Greece is not cutting taxes, it's making sure that we don't have tax evasion.

  George Papandreou

  Real, Cutting, Tax Evasion

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

  George Papandreou

  Country, Together, World

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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

  Said, Take Me, I Can

  "Reinvigorating Greece is an Olympian task for prime minister Papandreou". Interview With Helena Smith, www.theguardian.com. July 16, 2010.

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

  George Papandreou

  Roller Coaster, Coasters, Up And Down

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

  George Papandreou

  Country, Responsibility, People

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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

  Greek, Reform, Records

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• Europe is a strong market for the U.S. If it has problems, if there's a lack of consumer confidence, if there's a deeper recession, this will deeply affect jobs in the U.S.

  George Papandreou

  Strong, Jobs, Europe

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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 need a more coordinated strategy not only in Europe but around the world.

  George Papandreou

  Country, Thinking, Unique

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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

  Country, World, Turns

  "Reinvigorating Greece is an Olympian task for prime minister Papandreou" by Helena Smith, www.theguardian.com. July 16, 2010.

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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.

  George Papandreou

  Country, Struggle, Political

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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 effort.

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  People, Effort, Greek

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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.

  George Papandreou

  Europe, Government, President

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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.

  George Papandreou

  Country, Greek, Needs

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