“I think there is a heritage which I’m proud of, which is a fight for democracy, a fight for social justice, a fight for freedom. My grandfather went to jail or exile six times in his life, fighting for his principles for democracy, or for his country. And my father twice.” ThinkingCountryFightingFatherSocialJusticePrinciplesDemocracyProudSixSocial JusticeJailHeritageGrandfatherExileMy GrandfatherFighting For Freedom Author:George Papandreou
“I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today.” IfsCountryMightTodayFatherMilitaryBecomingPoliticianSixMy FamilyPrisonProfessorsGrandfatherDictatorshipMy Grandfather Author:George Papandreou
“Six months ago, I traveled to India to see firsthand what the prime minister of that country calls a national shame. It is the systematic, widespread, shocking elimination of India's baby girls. Some 50,000 female fetuses are aborted every month in India.” CountryGirlBabyMonthsSixFemaleIndiaShameMinistersPrimeTraveledShockingPrime MinisterSix MonthsSystematicEliminationBaby GirlFetus Author:Elizabeth Vargas
“Presidents by six years have been there long enough for the media and the country to see their flaws.” YearsLongHas BeensCountryEnoughPresidentMediaSixFlaws Author:Robert Dallek
“Other countries may boast of this and that, but nobody can touch the United States for poisonous snakes. We have about twenty species, most of them deadly, and Europe has only five or six, none of them much good. We have fifteen kinds of Rattlesnakes alone and nobody else has even one. [Footnote: There is a species in Central and South America, but it probably came from here.]” KindMayCountryStatesAmericaUnitedUnited StatesFiveSixEuropeTwentiesSouthSpeciesOther CountriesFifteenSnakesBoastPoisonousSouth AmericaRattlesnakesPoisonous Snakes Author:Will Cuppy