European Quote by Antonis Samaras

During the socialist period, the government became too big. That created a crowding-out effect in the private economy, and it gave everybody the need…

— Antonis Samaras

I am fully aware of the critical moments we face as a country.

— Antonis Samaras

Illegal immigrants are already a very big problem for us. We are already taking big steps to disallow illegal immigrants from coming in.

— Antonis Samaras

It was a culture that business is something bad - it was a leftist-oriented psychology. We have to break this. We are pro-business.

— Antonis Samaras

We have decreased the salaries of everybody who partakes in politics, from the president to the prime minister to the MPs [members of Parliament].…

— Antonis Samaras

I have always believed that this idea of having a nation go through this very painful five or six years of continuous recession with…

— Antonis Samaras

Our first goal is to stop the recession and start with recovery.

— Antonis Samaras

The best way for someone to govern is to set an example.

— Antonis Samaras

There are certainly delays in this year's agreed program, and we must quickly catch up. Let's not kid ourselves, there is still big waste…

— Antonis Samaras

I cannot allow a third party to decide on my country's future.

— Antonis Samaras

Very serious mistakes were made by previous governments, and Greece was ready to be abandoned by its partners and to leave the eurozone, which…

— Antonis Samaras

Other countries have access to the markets, whereas Greece does not. Therefore, we have to get liquidity through the ECB.

— Antonis Samaras