Skip to content

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."

— Eleftherios Venizelos Victory of Venizelos (1920)

Another quote →

More quotes by Eleftherios Venizelos

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.

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.

All Eleftherios Venizelos quotes →

Attribution

Quote text and notes from Wikiquote: Eleftherios Venizelos (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Source quality and labels are our own summary of what Wikiquote records.