Barely Quote by Noam Chomsky

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

— Malcolm Turnbull

The reason the Greeks don't pay taxes is they don't trust where their taxes are going, because they know these other Greeks are taking…

— Michael Lewis

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

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

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

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

You can't entirely compare between the United States and Greece for a range of reasons, not just because of the size of the economy.

— Barack Obama

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

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

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

Greece is like a mirror. It makes you suffer. Then you learn.' To live alone?' To live. With what you are.

— John Fowles

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

— Charles Dallara