Eleftherios Venizelos quotes
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“The European policy is invariably the maintenance of the status quo, and you will do nothing for the subject races unless we, by taking initiative, make you realize that helping us against the Turks is the lesser of the evils.”
-- Eleftherios VenizelosSource : "Eminent Europeans; studies in continental reality" by E. S. Bagger, G.P. Putnam's Sons, (p. 67), 1922.
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“Greece expects you not merely to die for her, for that is little, indeed; she expects you to conquer. That is why each one of you, even in dying, should be possessed by one thought alone - how to conserve your strength to the last so that those who survive may conquer.And you will conquer, I am more than sure of this.”
-- Eleftherios VenizelosSource : "Life of Venizelos, with a letter from His Excellency M. Venizelos" by S. M. Chester, London: Constable, (p. 162), 1921.
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“One cannot kick against geography!”
-- Eleftherios VenizelosSource : "The victory of Venizelos : a study of Greek politics, 1910-1918" by V. J. Seligman, (p. 31), 1920.
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“Neutrality is not politics.”
-- Eleftherios VenizelosSource : "Histoire diplomatique de la Grèce de 1821 à nos jours, tome V" by Édouard Driault, Michel Lhéritier, (p. 164), 1926.
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“A party should be founded not merely on numbers, but on moral principles, without which it can neither accomplish useful work nor inspire confidence.”
-- Eleftherios VenizelosSource : "Venizelos, Modern Statesmen Series" by H. A. Gibbons, Houghton Mifflin Company, (p. 17), 1920.
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Source : "The Essays of A. J. Muste (Pacifism and Class War)". Book edited by Nat Hentoff, 1967.
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“The sinews of war are five - men, money, materials, maintenance (food) and morale.”
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