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Originally posted by Maru
Lyndon B. Johnson.
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"F**k your Parliament and your Constitution.... If your Prime Minister [George Papandreou] gives me talk about democracy, parliaments and constitutions, he, his Parliament and his Constitution may not last very long."
Pres. Lyndon Johnson, said this to Greek Ambassador in U.S., mid-1960s. (from Philip Deane's I Should Have Died, 1977.
Of course Papandreou didn't step back during the crisis regarding Cyprus. Lyndon Johnson later on said that Greece is a too lucky country to have such a prime minister to protect its interest with so passion.
Definetely a respected personality.