Decided Quote by George Papandreou

For the next three years, we're going to see different economies work out different problems. For European economies, especially Greece, it would be through…

— Mohamed El-Erian

So it won't be a surprise when the Greek default actually happens and we expect it one way or the other to be relatively…

— Lucas Papademos

Well, as I said, you know the issue of Greek debt, they've grasped the principle of debt reduction. I think most people would argue…

— Vince Cable

Time is running out fast. I think we have maybe a few months -- it could be weeks, it could be days -- before…

— Willem Buiter

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

We Greeks want change. We know there are problems in our system. We have great potential but we need to manage our country well.…

— George Papandreou

People are really in despair today in Greece. They are afraid of tomorrow. They suffer. We have 1.2 million people without jobs. So you…

— Dora Bakoyannis

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

A good default, like Portugal or Greece, would be very good for the private equity business.

— David Bonderman

I think the Greek people, although it is difficult and challenging and the politics of it I know are not good, should appreciate the…

— Barack Obama

I'm afraid sometimes certain individual cases of defaults are unavoidable. What we should do is to step up monitoring, properly handle relevant matters, and…

— Li Keqiang

Well what would happen is that if Greece defaulted and couldn't pay its debts, all the Greek bonds that are held in other banking…

— John Major