Tsipras Quotes & Sayings

We are committing ourselves to basic protections of our people ... We will not permit banks to repossess the homes of working class and middle class people. That's the end of that, it is not negotiable. — Alexis Tsipras

I don't believe there are heroes or saviours in politics. — Alexis Tsipras

Austerity is not part of the European treaties; democracy and the principle of popular sovereignty are. — Alexis Tsipras

There was a huge lack of freedom in communist regimes, but at least they had humanity at the center of their thinking. — Alexis Tsipras

What, ultimately, is Greece if it is not the people who live in this country? It's not the mountains and the plains. — Alexis Tsipras

We will do whatever we could do to keep Greece inside the euro and inside Europe. — Alexis Tsipras

Public television goes dark only in two circumstances: when a country is occupied by foreign forces or when there is a coup. — Alexis Tsipras

I would describe that [friendship with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras] as a utilitarian friendship. At the time, his country was facing the prospect of leaving the euro zone and many Greeks felt abandoned by Europe. In such a situation, it seemed appropriate to me to present myself as a friend to Greece. It had to do with the country's dignity. — Jean-Claude Juncker

This is a very special Greek kind of socialist, all the social democratic parties in Europe are against this idea and I think that the dividing line today in the Greek political system is not the centre right or socialist, the real dividing line is between those parties and those political forces who really believe that Greece should stay in the Eurozone and make the efforts and change, and make the reforms and change the old and Mr Tsipras who is really resisting any kind of change in Greece. — Dora Bakoyannis

The verdict of the Greek people renders the troika a thing of the past for our common European framework. — Alexis Tsipras

A Syriza government will respect Greece's obligation as a eurozone member to maintain a balanced budget and will commit to quantitative targets. — Alexis Tsipras

There is no magic. Harry Potter was probably the last one. There are no Harry Potters in politics. There are people who should be hard working, admit their mistakes - and we made a lot of mistakes - make an honest self-critic but change what we did wrong. What did we do wrong? We built a state which is big, which is corrupted, which is a state which should radically change. What is Mr Tsipras saying - keep it as it is, so everything that is old belongs to him. — Dora Bakoyannis

Greece gave democracy to the rest of the world. — Alexis Tsipras

Syriza is what it is: a radical, left-wing party that feels the pulse of the times, knows what's at stake, and is after a wide consensus and unity for political change in Greece. This is something that departs from the narrow limits of the radical left. — Alexis Tsipras

The experience of previous years leads to one conclusion: there is one morality in politics and another for economy. In the years since 1989, the morality of the economy has fully prevailed over the ethics of politics and democracy. — Alexis Tsipras

The U.S. have printed money; they intend to tax the rich in order to avoid the fiscal cliff. These are things that sees anyone who dares to propose them in Greece and Europe labeled an extremist, when at the same time, it's what Obama does. — Alexis Tsipras