Political Quotes

“Every year the gentleman faithfully executes his special order for remembrance of March 25 and what it means to Americans of Greek descent. The recollections I have as a young person in attending the Greek Orthodox church in my community was that this particular holiday was a blend of two momentous events in the life of a Greek Orthodox Christian. One was the Celebration of the Annunciation and, at the same time, the ethnic revolutionary epic of the revolution to which the gentleman has referred. This blending of both faith and nationalism has made this particular holiday very distinct and very unusual. And it evokes memories not only of those two events simultaneously occurring but the fact that they helped us, those young Americans of Greek descent, recognize the value of being Americans. We, as Americans, were able to see that democracy's home, Greece, had an inexorable link with the founding of our country, our United States, and continues to have this absolutely wonderful bond between the democracies that we both cherish.”