Political Quotes

“I went back to Kalimnos last August and saw Imia, and, of course, it is uninhabited. A lot of people are making the comment, well, this is a pile of rocks in the middle of the Aegean sea, there are no people who live there, so who should care about this? The fact of the matter is these are Greek rocks. This is a Greek island. There are parts of southern Texas I would remind people who some would say that are not inhabited. They happen to be on this side of the Rio Grande. But if Mexico came over and planted a flag, there would be a battle, there would be a big fight, because everything on this side of the Rio Grande is American property. The Greeks feel the same about this. As the gentleman mentioned in the earlier part of his statement, there has been no question about this. The Greek people were never the provocateurs, throughout the entire history. For 400 years they lived under the Ottoman Empire, and they suffered greatly. Now again Turkey is the provocateur, coming into the Aegean and making claims that are completely illegitimate.”