Best quotes by George Papandreou on Change

Checkout quotes by George Papandreou on Change

• ‟ 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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• ‟ 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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• ‟ 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 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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• ‟ Already people are saying we do need a change.

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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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• ‟ 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.

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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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• ‟ 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, then markets would start becoming jittery about other countries - and not only Spain and Portugal, but other countries in the European Union.

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