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.

There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.

We had about 60 regions in Greece and now there are only 13. It'd be like cutting down 50 states to 13 and making it more efficient.

We Greeks want change. We know there are problems in our system. We have great potential but we need to manage our country well. Now that hasn't been done over the last decades. And that is, of course, what we are paying for.

I would like to see Greece as a case study, an opportunity for Europe to strengthen its coordination of fiscal policy.

I am proud of being a Greek of the diaspora.

Everyone needs to carry out his own personal revolution.