Governments cannot assume or expect that the ECB will always facilitate their funding independently of the achievement of their fiscal and other policy objectives.

The participation of our country in the eurozone is a guarantee for the country's monetary stability. It is a driver of financial prosperity.

My job will not be easy but I am convinced the problems will be solved in a quicker and more efficient way if there is unity and consensus.

The ECB's interventions in sovereign bond markets should not be perceived or interpreted as a 'freebie' for governments. They are temporary.

Delays in granting of justice very often reduce the speed with which investment could be undertaken, discouraging investors.

Greece could default on its debts and even exit currency bloc if it cannot deliver reforms.

The government is determined to continue the process of fiscal consolidation and structural reform in order to secure sound public finances and improve the country's international competitiveness.

Our membership of the euro is a guarantee of monetary stability and creates the right conditions for sustainable growth. Our membership of the euro is the only choice.

More cuts were needed to avoid exiting the eurozone.

I think it's often discussed that leaving the Euro is an option for Greece. I think this is really not an option.

So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively soon.

When you have nothing but love, you have everything. This means you must live as if you have nothing to hide, nothing to prove and nothing to lose.

If you're brave enough to do something you better damn well be brave enough to accept the consequences.

There is no perfect love - that's something I'm very realistic about.

Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass.

Vigorous let us be in attaining our ends, and mild in our method of attainment.

Truth is child of Time.

The real wants of nature are the measure of enjoyments, as the foot is the measure of the shoe. We can call only the want of what is necessary poverty.

I really dread serious people. Especially serious, dogmatic people. I regard them as sort of what Reich called the emotional plague. I regard them as very dangerous.

I have a reputation for being the hardest working person in Congress.

[Religion is] the attempt to be in harmony with an unseen order of things.