In ancient Greece, politics and the market were not decoupled.

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.

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

I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora.

The Greek people do not want to exit the euro, and I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have made major sacrifices to stay within the Eurozone.

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

This is global governance in the making. But we must agree, and agree to a binding commitment.

Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.

There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.

Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution.

I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together.

Someone who lives meaningfully for 30 years has lived a much longer Life than one who drifted through Life for 60 years.

There are in nature neither rewards nor punishments — there are consequences.

Within a month he knew that his marriage was a failure

You tend to write because your heart holds million unspoken words, writing is your only way to heal your own soul!

Without guilt or remorse, shame was an empty emotion. Indeed, shame would not be shame.

Prisons! Prisons! Prisons, dungeons, blessed places where evil is impossible since they are the crossroads of all the malediction in the world. One cannot commit evil in evil.

If Scripture has more than one meaning, it has no meaning at all.

Make it work, make it right, make it fast.

Never underestimate a parent's ability to mortify his child.