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As Long As I Feel I Am Doing What I Think Is Right And Just For My Country, For The Greek People, That Is Enough For Me. Saving Greece From This Crisis Was The First Thing On The Agenda. We Are Now On A Much More Normalised Road.

If We Were Going To Default, We Would Have Decided That Many Months Ago. It Would Be Wrong For The Greek Economy, It Would Be Wrong For The European Economy, It Would Make Things Worse In The End. That's Why We're Taking The Pain And Making These Structural Reforms, And We're On Target.

You Can Theorise About The Options You Have But In Reality They Are Very Specific.

I Think There Is A Heritage Which I’m Proud Of, Which Is A Fight For Democracy, A Fight For Social Justice, A Fight For Freedom. My Grandfather Went To Jail Or Exile Six Times In His Life, Fighting For His Principles For Democracy, Or For His Country. And My Father Twice.

At Times Of Distress, We All Like To Recall The Advice Of Fathers And Mothers. The Best Advice My Father Gave Me Was To Keep Faith And Deep Confidence In The Potential Of The Greek People; Nurture The Belief That They Can Do Things.