Quotes of the Day

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, right, is congratulated by his Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Evangelos Venizelos in Athens on Tuesday June 22, 2011.
Wednesday, Jun. 22, 2011

Open quoteThis is not a program to salvage the economy. It's a program for pillage before bankruptcy.Close quote

  • ALEXIS TSIPRAS,
  • of the Left Coalition in Greece, after Prime Minister George Papandreou's government won a crucial confidence vote on Tuesday; the PM has pledged to implement austerity measures in order to secure $17 billion in emergency loans
Photo: Dimitri Messinis / AP | Source: BBC