Georgios A. Papandreou Quotes

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

  Georgios A. Papandreou

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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 polarisation and the barbarism of dictatorships – that made me feel that we had to change this country.

  Georgios A. Papandreou

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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.

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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 of a new world.

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

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• Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution.

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• Europe has a lot of strength. We need to pool that strength, and I am very much in favour of that – more of a deeper political union.

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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 consequences is that many citizens don’t pay their taxes.

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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.

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• Already people are saying we do need a change.

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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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• If we had a consensus we wouldn’t have to go to a referendum.

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

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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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• I never thought of politics as a profession.

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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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• 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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• 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.

  Georgios A. 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.

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• Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises.

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Georgios A. Papandreou (25)

Birth:	16th June, 1952
Nationality:	Greek
Profession:	Politician

About

Georgios A. Papandreou was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA. He is a Greek politician who served as Prime Minister of Greece from 2009 to 2011. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1999 to 2004. He was leader of the Panhellenic Socialist Movement party from February 2004 until March 2012, and President of the Socialist International since January 2006. He was the third member of the Papandreou family to serve as the country's prime minister, following his father Andreas and his grandfather Georgios Papandreou. He earned a B.A. degree in sociology from Amherst College and an M.A. degree in sociology from the London School of Economics. In 2002, he was awarded an honorary doctorate of laws by Amherst College.

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