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> [“I was told once by a leftwing scholar that as a Marxist, you have to do two things: always be optimistic and always have a view about everything. That advice still sounds good to me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/i-was-told-once-by-a-leftwing-scholar-that-as-a-marxist-you-have-to/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

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## More by Yanis Varoufakis

> [“Forcing new loans upon the bankrupt on condition that they shrink their income is nothing short of cruel and unusual punishment. Greece was never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/forcing-new-loans-upon-the-bankrupt-on-condition-that-they-shrink/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

> [“Larry Summers is one such rare insider. His question to me was in fact an invocation to reject the lure of the outside. Underpinning…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/larry-summers-is-one-such-rare-insider-his-question-to-me-was-in-fact/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

> [The many refugees are not a Greek or German problem. They are a European problem. We should therefore develop a common strategy. That's why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/the-many-refugees-are-not-a-greek-or-german-problem-they-are-a/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

> [“If you cannot imagine walking out of a negotiation, you should never enter it. If you cannot fathom the idea of an impasse you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/if-you-cannot-imagine-walking-out-of-a-negotiation-you-should-never/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

> [Had history been democratic in its ways, there would have been no farming and no indsturial revolution. Both leaps into the future were occasioned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/had-history-been-democratic-in-its-ways-there-would-have-been-no/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

> [The economic crisis has weakened the EU for years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/the-economic-crisis-has-weakened-the-eu-for-years/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

> [We will compromise and compromise and compromise but we will never be compromised.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/we-will-compromise-and-compromise-and-compromise-but-we-will-never-be/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

> [“Beneath the specific events that I experienced, I recognised a universal story – the story of what happens when human beings find themselves at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/beneath-the-specific-events-that-i-experienced-i-recognised-a/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

> [Germany is Europe's heart. But bitterness is widespread. Currently the Germans hate the Greeks and the Greeks hate the Germans. The demonization of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/germany-is-europe-s-heart-but-bitterness-is-widespread-currently-the/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

> [I don't believe a Brexit will hurt the City of London as one of the largest financial centers in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/i-don-t-believe-a-brexit-will-hurt-the-city-of-london-as-one-of-the/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

> [“Whenever a politician in the know gives a journalist an exclusive in exchange for a particular spin that is in the politician’s interest, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/whenever-a-politician-in-the-know-gives-a-journalist-an-exclusive-in/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

> [European Union partners never said European Union partners're going to renege on any promises, European Union partners said that European Union partners promises concern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/european-union-partners-never-said-european-union-partners-re-going/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

> [“When inordinate weight is loaded onto a flimsily constructed bridge, the weakest beam will break first.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/when-inordinate-weight-is-loaded-onto-a-flimsily-constructed-bridge/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

> [“Most Europeans like to think that American bankruptocracy is worse than its European cousin, thanks to the power of Wall Street and the infamous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/most-europeans-like-to-think-that-american-bankruptocracy-is-worse/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

> [“Austerity is a morality play pressed into the service of legitimizing cynical wealth transfers from the have-nots to the haves during times of crisis,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yanis-varoufakis/austerity-is-a-morality-play-pressed-into-the-service-of-legitimizing/)

[Yanis Varoufakis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yanis-varoufakis/)

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