Country Quote by Evangelos Venizelos

Greece needs to work on a cleaner image. It's a big problem, as they have this reputation of being so corrupt.

— Karl Lagerfeld

I do think that a return to basic values and to a sense of who Greece - who we are as people can only…

— Diane Kochilas

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…

— George Papandreou

Greece is at a crucial crossroads. The choices that are made and the policies that are enforced will have a decisive impact on the…

— Lucas Papademos

The goal of the government is to guarantee the place of Greece in the eurozone against those who want to undermine it.

— Yiannis Stournaras

The Greek nation has to be respected. I am not in the camp of those who openly want to humiliate Greece.

— Jean-Claude Juncker

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

We all want the Greek people to prosper, to be able to provide a good life for their families and their children. That would…

— Barack Obama

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

Our position in Europe is not negotiable. The Greek people will defend it by all means. But participation in the euro involves rules and…

— Lucas Papademos

Greece is not a country of happy mediums: everything there seems to be either wonderful or horrible.

— Nancy Mitford

We cannot simply look to austerity as a strategy and it is incredibly important that the Greek people see improvements in their daily lives…

— Barack Obama