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1864–1936 Greece
Elefthérios Kyriákou Venizélos (23 August 1864 – 18 March 1936) was a Greek politician. He was Prime Minister of Greece during 1910-15, 1917-20 and 1928-32.
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England in all her wars has always gained one battle - the last!
Greece expects you not merely to die for her; she expects you to conquer.
A party should be founded not merely on numbers, but on moral principles, without which it can neither accomplish useful work nor inspire confidence.
I do not wish to depreciate his great gifts and attainments in a country which unfortunately, if I may say so without offense, is suffering from a temporary lack of leading men."
Victory of Venizelos (1920)
One cannot kick against geography!
Victory of Venizelos (1920)
All my life with all my heart I wanted the union of Crete and Greece. I wanted it to be sustained by profound mutual affection. I swear that was my only desire...Greece will never see me again.
I had to decide whether I would be a lawyer by profession and a revolutionary at intervals, or a revolutionary by profession and a lawyer at intervals.
Of course the King is mistaken. But is natural that he should be frighten of taking the plunge. We have lost a great opportunity by not intervening at once. But later the King may change his mind, and it may be not too late.
Victory of Venizelos (1920)
I had to decide [he said later] whether I would be a lawyer by profession and a revolutionary at intervals, or a revolutionary by profession and a lawyer at intervals.
The European policy is invariably the maintenance of the status quo, and you will do nothing for the subject races unless we, by taking initiative, make you realize that helping us against the Turks is the lesser of the evils.
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