Because Socrates, pluto, and Aristotle were Greek.
Because we gave birth to democracy.
Because we dance when we are sad.
Because we never visit others empty handed.
Because we always make it....even if it's at the last moment.
Because we are not ashamed to cry and show emotion.
Because nights in Greece finish in the morning.
Because we go out almost every night even if we are penniless.
Because we know how to spend better than we know how to save.
Because for the sake of a woman and honor, we made war for for 10 years.
Because we love and occasionlly hate with utmost passion.
Because when other cultures can't find a word, they use one of ours.
Because we work to live, not live to work.
Because we speak loudly and laugh even louder.
Because our parents do not forget we exist even when we turn 18.
Because the Olympic games were born in our Homeland.
Becaue 40% of the Oxford dictionary is defined by Greek words.
Because we are a poor country with rich citizens.
Because in Greece nobody is hungry.
Because in Greece nobody is homeless, we take care of our own.
Because we are a small country full of people with big hearts.
Because we gave the meaning to the ultimate oath-"freedom or death."
Because "fiotimo" (friend of honor, helping someone because
it's a shame not to) doesn't exist in any other language.
Because "Greeks do not fight as heroes, heroes fight like the Greeks".
(Winston Churchill 1941)