"Venizelos and Lenin are the only two really great men in Europe."

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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.”

“I had to decide whether I would be a lawyer by profession and a revolutionary at intervals, or a revolutionary by profession and a lawyer at intervals.”

“Neutrality is not politics.”

“Of course the King is mistaken. But is natural that he should be frighten of taking the plunge. We have lost a great opportunity by not intervening at once. But later the King may change his mind, and it may be not too late.”

“One cannot kick against geography!”

“England in all her wars has always gained one battle - the last!”

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