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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.
George Papandreou
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George Papandreou
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: June 16
Diplomat
Former Prime Minister Of Greece
Politician
Sociologist
St Paul
Minnesota
George Andreas Papandreou
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But sovereign debt is a wider question not only in Europe but across the globe. While every country is a unique case, I think it's not an issue of countries acting on their own. We need a more coordinated strategy not only in Europe but around the world.
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Greece has great strengths, but much of this potential has been wasted. That's because of a wider political system, but also because of a lack of an institutional framework.
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This is global governance in the making. But we must agree, and agree to a binding commitment.
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The real problem in Greece is not cutting taxes, it's making sure that we don't have tax evasion.
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I have always said I will be in politics to serve as best as I can and it will take me wherever it will take me.
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I think there is a heritage which I’m proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice.
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Europe is a strong market for the U.S. If it has problems, if there's a lack of consumer confidence, if there's a deeper recession, this will deeply affect jobs in the U.S.
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The more there is a European solution to a theoretical, but possible, problem in the markets, the less we will have to talk about an I.M.F. solution.
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In ancient Greece, politics and the market were not decoupled.
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Greece's history in the drachma was an up-and-down history, a roller coaster.
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There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.
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It is important that the Greek people make decisions on important developments.
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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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I would like to see Greece as a case study, an opportunity for Europe to strengthen its coordination of fiscal policy.
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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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I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together.
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My hope is that we will turn Greece into maybe the most transparent country in the world with everything on the web.
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Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution.
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We had about 60 regions in Greece and now there are only 13. It'd be like cutting down 50 states to 13 and making it more efficient.
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Many people have been pontificating, and patronizing, and moralizing, and scapegoating, saying you Greeks, you are the problem. I would say we Greeks have a problem. We are not the problem.
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