"To me, coming from the top floor, it sounded as if bombs were being exploded. They had dynamite with them, and they were threatening that they would dynamite the whole house. It seems as if to send me out of the country was just an excuse to give expression to this brutality; otherwise it was a simple matter to tell me that I am not welcome.

"The man who had given me the tourist visa for four weeks was the chief of police; and the man who canceled it after fifteen days was the deputy chief of police. That seems to be absolutely improper – that the chief should give the permission and the deputy should cancel it.

"At the airport in Athens there were at least forty police officers, just for a single man without any weapons, and that deputy chief was also present. There was a huge crowd of press people from newspapers, radio, television – and dozens of cameras – they all wanted an interview with me. And I said, 'There is not much to say, other than it seems man is not going to be civilized, ever.'

"The press people were in front of me, those forty police dogs – all big officers – were surrounding me, and the deputy chief was standing by my side. When I said, 'With this kind of police, this kind of government, you are destroying the very future of humanity, particularly of your own country. These people were responsible for killing Socrates.'

"When I said this, pointing towards the deputy chief, he wanted to interfere.

"For the first time in thirty-five years, I pretended to be angry. I could not succeed because inside I was giggling! But I told that man, 'Shut up! And stand by the side where you belong. And don't come close to me.' I shouted, 'Shut up!' so loudly, that he really became silent and went back and stood in the crowd. Later on I saw the reports: they thought I was ferocious, very angry – I was nothing! But that is the only language those people will understand. And when you are talking to somebody, you have to use the language he understands."