Georgios Papandreou
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Georgios Papandreou (13 February 1888 – 1 November 1968) was a Greek politician, founder of the Center Union, Prime Minister of Greece and father of Andreas Papandreou.
Quotes[edit]
- "They [the Communist Party] ask to surrender Greece. We refuse. Our aim is to subject the parties to the Nation and not the opposite."
- From his "speech to the nation", after the Lebanon Conference in May 1944.
- "In a Constitutional Monarchy, the Government governs and the King reigns."
- During the political crisis of 1965.
- "He was glorified while in hiding, but vanished when he appeared in public."
- About Georgios Grivas, leader of the EOKA's struggle in Cyprus.
- In Andreas Papandreou: The Making of a Greek Democrat and Political Maverick, p.88