Quote#Freedom
….The Greek War of Independence, which came to a successful…
Quote byHenry Morgenthau · 1856–1946
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: I was sent to Athens.
English (original)
….The Greek War of Independence, which came to a successful conclusion in 1832, affected less than one half of the Greeks in the Turkish Empire. It did not bring freedom to the Greeks of Macedonia and Thrace, of Crete and the Aegean Islands, nor to the more than two million Greeks in Asia Minor and Constantinople.
— Henry Morgenthau
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