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As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these people in Greece who are trying to escape tax.

I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

I am not driven by any bitterness by what happened in Athens. I learnt a lot of lessons from it and probably came through it a stronger person in the end. There have been a lot of near misses, and that's taught me to keep persevering and that there is a chance it can come right.

I took a lot of bad things after Athens. I just learnt to deal with it. The problem was beforehand I had this feeling where I was trying to please everybody - I wanted everybody to like me.

People try to make a Greek tragedy of my life, and they can't do it. I'm too happy.

I don't want the United States to be Athens on the Potomac.

If I was a Greek citizen I'd be out there trying to bring down this monstrosity that has been put upon those people.

How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.

What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.