I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If….

We have made major reforms in Greece. When I took over after a landslide victory we had a mandate for change and I knew my major focus would be re-or….

Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution..

We Greeks want change. We know there are problems in our system. We have great potential but we need to manage our country well. Now that hasn't been….

We in Europe have great capacities..

Politics also means educating people. It's important to speak openly with our fellow Greeks, to tell them what our problems are and that we have to c….

First of all, Greece won't go down. We're talking about a country that is capable of making change. Europe will not allow the destabilization of the ….

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

An elected government making huge changes with the consent of its people, is being undermined by concentrated powers in unregulated markets-powers wh….

There is this concept of politics as a dirty game..

Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises..

Today I want to send a message of optismism to all Greeks. Our road, our path, will be more stabilised. Our country will be in a better situation. We….

Greece has given Europe the opportunity to fix a defect in the euro zone, that is the fact that we did not have a fiscal union. Now steps have been t….

I have a deep sense of responsibility to my country and Greek people..

In ancient Greece, politics and the market were not decoupled..

If we were the problem, it would be very convenient, kick Greece out, everything's fine. But what happened to Spain? What about Portugal? What about ….

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

Markets are saying pretty much what I'm saying too: that Greece is doing what it can, but that Greece is not going to be able to carry the weight of ….

Despite the deep reforms we are making, traders and speculators have forced interest rates on Greek bonds to record highs..

The Marshall Plan was after destruction, and the U.S. came to our help and obviously this was very, very important for the future of Europe. I think ….

I will always be upfront with the Greek people, so we can solve the country's problems together..