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I never thought of politics as a profession.

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
Never
Profession
Politics
Thought

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Greece's history in the drachma was an up-and-down history, a roller coaster.
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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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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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I have been supporting the European Union, but we are still a work in progress. We have to become more of a United States of Europe. We should talk about electing a president of the E.U., rather than having one selected from the heads of government.
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Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution.
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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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An elected government making huge changes with the consent of its people, is being undermined by concentrated powers in unregulated markets-powers which go beyond those of any individual government.
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There is this concept of politics as a dirty game.
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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 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.
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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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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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Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs.
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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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In ancient Greece, politics and the market were not decoupled.
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Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises.
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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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This is global governance in the making. But we must agree, and agree to a binding commitment.
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How can a parliamentarian or a leader in a country say, on the one hand, that we're going to support Greece but at the same time say that Greeks are lazy?
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We stand united, facing the big responsibility to change our country into a nation of justice, solidarity, humanity and green development.
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