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This Idea That You're A Successful Tough Guy If You Evade Taxes And Deceive The State Has Got To Change.

People Would Say You Look Weak If You're Not Cursing The Opposition And Driving Around In A Big Black Car While Always Wearing A Tie. Above All, To Be 'strong' You're Always Supposed To Be Giving Orders.

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.

Unfortunately, Corruption Is Widespread In Government Agencies And Public Enterprises.

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 Now We Have All The Capabilities Of Doing It On Our Own And, In A Sense, We Have To.