George Papandreou Quotes

Things need shaking up politically, culturally.

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government.

People are genuinely excited about taking the country in another direction.

Every revolution begins as consciousness because some group of people has to imagine change. You have to have the idea of change or at least have a hope before you can proceed. And that stage goes very quickly because a contagion of consciousness is within your control. But when you get to the stage of institutional change, it becomes a much slower process.

You're never able to please everybody, especially when you're transforming a country like Russia.

Reformation ends not in contemplation, but in action.

I'm going to gather all the French people who want change.

The truth is that all civic and social change is friction. Politics is friction. The only way you can bend the arc of history is to create that kind of friction, which is something that makes most people incredibly uncomfortable but which, for whatever reason, because of my upbringing or because of my genetics, is something that doesn't bug me.

We need someone to turn things around in America.

The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.

Every generation needs a new revolution.

Revolutions are something you see only in retrospect.

We didn't come here to become Washington, we came here to change Washington.

In 2012, I see the potential for people to come together, huge moments of political and social engagement where elections are part of the strategy for change, but not the end goal and not the only thing that matters.

Social change comes through people.

In any social revolution the one thing that keeps it alive is hope.

This is only a preliminary step toward a similar revolution everywhere.

Campaigns end, revolutions endure.

The struggle to make people understand the need for change is over.

Things are changing tectonically in our country, and we can't just keep doing what we've been doing.

The parties are all trying to reinvent themselves. I believe this upheaval is destined to take the country's fate into a different direction.

There were moments where people took the to streets and small rebellions, but ultimately it's a change in consciousness - so how do you capture that and bring the piece to light?

I always tell people that a revolution is not an event, it's a process. It is a struggle. And it doesn't usually go smoothly.

Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.