Modern Greek History, Greek Politicians

PART 1

Moderne Griechische Geschichte, Politiker

Our constitution does not copy the laws of neighbouring states. Its administration favours the many instead of the few; this is why it is called a democracy. Thucydides, Pericles's Funeral Oration

For the first time the nation surveys the hideous spectacle of its ignorance and trembles in measuring with the eye the distance separating it from its ancestors’ glory. This painful discovery, however, does not precipitate the Greeks into despair: We are the descendants of Greeks, they implicitly told themselves, we must try to become again worthy of the name, or we must not bear it. Adamantios Korais before a Parisian audience in 1803

Το ελληνικό Γένος αν σώθηκε ως τα σήμερα, αν επέζησε ύστερα από τόσους εχτρούς - εξωτερικούς κι εσωτερικούς, προπάντων εσωτερικούς - ύστερα από τόσους αιώνες κακομοιριά, σκλαβιά και πείνα, το χρωστάει όχι στη λογική - θυμηθείτε τους τρείς εμποράκους που ίδρυσαν τη Φιλική Εταιρεία, θυμηθείτε το 21 - το χρωστάει στο θάμα. Στην ακοίμητη σπίθα που καίει μέσα στα σωθικά της Ελλάδας. Νίκος Καζαντζάκης

It is strange that Greece who invented Democracy was a Democracy for only 1-2 centuries (like most other countries). For a short period it was the first Democracy for free men in Athens (not for women and slaves). Then it was ruled by kings, by emperors during the Roman occupation period. It was governed by emperors and religious Despots without any election possibility in Byzantium. It was then occupied by Turks. It was governed by foreign Kings, by German Nazis, a few years by a military regime. The way towards real Democracy started with the 1821 liberation of Greece after more than 400 years Turkish Occupation.

), Andreas Metaxas (1786 -19-9-1860) first Constitutional Prime Minister, Dimitris Kallergis

Lucas Miltiades Miller (15.9.1824 . 4.12.1902) 1891 the first Greek-American elected to the U.S. Congress ()

George Tenet, former CIA Director

adviser of former President Bill Clinton (with some significant contribution for his first election)

George Argyros, US Ambassador to Spain

Harry Vaios Spanos (8.5.1926 Newport, Sullivan County, N.H.-18.3.1995 Newport, Sullivan County, N.H.) Democrat. Lawyer; member of New Hampshire state senate; defeated, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1960 (alternate), 1964, 1972; member of New Hampshire state house of representatives; candidate for Governor of New Hampshire, 1976; probate judge in New Hampshire, 1980-95.

the man who killed the racist prime minister of South Africa Hendrik Verwoerd in 6-September-1966

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