In the 20 years before Greece end up with the Euro, efforts to improve competitiveness through exchange rate and adjustments resulted only in temporary gains of competitiveness.

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.

Hypocrite shouts about the change, but never let risk coming on his way.

A cup of wisdom is more valuable than an ocean of intelligence.

God forgive me for what I’ve done. God forgive me for what I will do. And God forgive me for what I can’t do because my religion won’t let me

Sometimes you gotta work a little, so you can ball a lot.

But dear, don't be afraid of love it's only magic.

I want to be the best. That's just the human way.

Our Founders always wondered about how long it would last. The price of liberty is everlasting vigilance. You've got to be on your guard every minute or you will lose it.

There are no more barbershop quartets wearing boaters, even though I still like them. Life goes on.

You may think things didn't change much after the 60s 'revolution' - but they did. The levels of prescriptive disapproval for anyone who stepped outside the norm receded.

We listen to those whom we know to be of the same opinion as ourselves, and we call them wise for being of it; but we avoid such as differ from us.