Abandoned Quote by Antonis Samaras

I think that the real tragedy of Greece - aside of the savagery of European bureaucracy, Brussels bureaucracy and northern banks, which was really…

— Noam Chomsky

Two decisions have damaged the stability both of the euro and of Europe: the premature admission of Greece to the euro area and the…

— Helmut Kohl

A Greek exit from the E.U. and the euro would mean the Greek economy would be difficult to sustain.

— Thom Tillis

Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a…

— George Papandreou

Greece and the Greek people have recently had to deal with the harshest consequences of the global and European economic crisis. As an economy…

— Alexis Tsipras

“This financial crisis in Europe would have left Greece in Ruins, but it’s been that way for 2,000 years.”

— Jarod Kintz

Europe and the euro zone have no reason, rationally, to push Greece out of the euro. But this is a system in which many…

— Evangelos Venizelos

There's no more place in the euro zone for well-meaning laxness when dealing with deficits and failings. If the demands on Greece aren't taken…

— Peer Steinbruck

The Greek people do not want to exit the euro. And I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have made major…

— George Papandreou

The Greek people do not want to exit the euro, and I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have made major…

— George Papandreou

The shadow of an exit of Greece from the euro zone takes on ever clearer shape, repeated apparently final attempts to reach a deal…

— Sigmar Gabriel

Over the last few years, Greece has been in the world spotlight for all the wrong reasons - because of its economic crisis, and…

— Dakis Joannou