Venizelos in the Venizelist press:

"...Å. Venizelos is for Greece the man of the Apocalypse.

They don't want to admit that he is an exceptional personality, which bears by nature the stamp of excellency and differs from the common man; they keep on ignoring that they have before them a true moral peak, that cannot be surpassed by their moral standards;". (Patris, 27-3-1915)

"The personification of the power of the people. The manifestation of the eternal vigour of the Greek race. The strong man who raised above the common man. The will of the people, that has aimed at the common, the general, the overall interest. The axe of the Nation's will, that brought down idols and consolidated new institutions, Equality, Merit, Work, Morality, Vigour. The man, who where others saw only ruins and ashes, he found granite and unshakeable foundations, in order to cement the new Greece". (Estia, 14-4-1915)

Venizelos in the anti-Venizelist press:

"The rebel of Therissos, the moral assassin of prince George, the underminer of his Dynasty, the impious anarchist and insurgent against King Constantine the traitor of national interets and refuser of national rights, lies politically dead under the curses of the whole Nation". (Skrip, 24-9-1915)

"...waiting in ambush like a snake from the very beginning of his downfall, came out yesterday from his marshy hedges the Big Anarchist, full, callous, terribly hissing, shedding the foam of his rage to the left and right and spilling his poison to all directions". (Skrip, 23-10-1915)

D. Papadimitriou, "O Typos kai o Dihasmos, 1914-1915", in Th. Veremis- G. Goulimi, Eleftherios Venizelos. Koinonia-Oikonomia-Politiki stin epohi tou, Athens, Gnosi editions, 1989, pp. 419-421.