Corrupt society Quote by Michael Lewis

Greece has been, in many ways, a partially dysfunctional society. For example, the wealthy barely pay taxes... to an extent, that's true elsewhere, including…

— Noam Chomsky

The real problem in Greece is not cutting taxes, it's making sure that we don't have tax evasion.

— George Papandreou

As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these…

— Christine Lagarde

Greece is an extreme case: a country where both the level of spending and the level of taxation were unsustainable!

— Malcolm Turnbull

The Greek people deserve an economy that is not burdened forever by a heavy bureaucracy and a bloated public sector.

— Charles Dallara

Very often, people will come out and say, 'Greeks aren't doing things, Greeks aren't making changes, there's no reform,' That is hogwash. We have…

— George Papandreou

We Greeks believe that a man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing

— Thucydides

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

We are all Greeks. Our laws, our literature, our religion, our arts, have their root in Greece.

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Many people have been pontificating, and patronizing, and moralizing, and scapegoating, saying you Greeks, you are the problem. I would say we Greeks have…

— George Papandreou

How can a parliamentarian or a leader in a country say, on the one hand, that we're going to support Greece but at the…

— George Papandreou

Greece is a bleak, unsmiling desert, without agriculture, manufactures or commerce, apparently. What supports its poverty-stricken people or its Government, is a mystery.

— Mark Twain