Antonis Samaras Quotes

There is a mass of immigrants, a million of them without work. We will stop this invasion.

There are certainly delays in this year's agreed program, and we must quickly catch up. Let's not kid ourselves, there is still big waste in the public sector, and it must stop.

I am fully aware of the critical moments we face as a country.

Our first goal is to stop the recession and start with recovery.

Greece's position in Europe will not be put in doubt.

Today is a new day for the land.

Illegal immigrants are already a very big problem for us. We are already taking big steps to disallow illegal immigrants from coming in.

It was a culture that business is something bad - it was a leftist-oriented psychology. We have to break this. We are pro-business.

I cannot allow a third party to decide on my country's future.

There are going to be a lot of problems with social cohesion. We are already cutting down everything to the bone. Unless there is light at the end of the tunnel.

Very serious mistakes were made by previous governments, and Greece was ready to be abandoned by its partners and to leave the eurozone, which would have created total catastrophe.

We believe that what they call "Grexit" [a Greek exit from the eurozone] is not an option for us.

Other countries have access to the markets, whereas Greece does not. Therefore, we have to get liquidity through the ECB.

I do not want Greece to become the negative paradigm for the others - i.e. "make sure you follow exactly what we tell you, otherwise you will be like Greece."

We shed blood to take the word 'Grexit' away from the mouth of foreigners, and Syriza is bringing this word back to their mouths.

We are a pivotal part of the European Union. Any destabilization of Greece would totally rock the boat.

The best way for someone to govern is to set an example.