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Konstantinos Karamanlis Quotes

1907–1998

Konstantinos Karamanlis (8 March 1907 – 23 April 1998) was a Greek politician and a dominant figure in Greek politics. He was the four-time Prime Minister of Greece and two-term president of the Third Hellenic Republic.

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Greece is plagued by just one single problem: its politics. The misfortune of our people is caused by the unhealthy nature of the political environment and the defective organization of public life.

Hellas has been transformed to an endless bedlam.

In the history of all nations, there are instances in which the crisis of institutions and morals becomes so deep that, in order to save democracy, one should remake it.

In democracies, prime ministers do not go to prison. They return home.

You made me come back on 24 July in order to save the country that was in danger. But if you do not mean to give me the ample majority I need to carry out my mission, then what is the point of having me back?

Greece belongs to the West.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Konstantinos Karamanlis (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.