But Greek voters are equally certain that it's unfair for them to suffer years of slim government budgets and high unemployment in order to repay foreign banks and richer northern neighbors, which have reaped outsized benefits from closer European integration.
Graduates who earn more will repay more each month, so the system is fair and affordable; and those who enter a more lucrative profession will pay a higher rate of interest, and ultimately contribute more to the cost of their university education.
"I have to send money home, my family only have five months to repay the debt".
Walking away is no way to repay that.
"What I'm looking for on Wednesday is 11 angry men who are prepared to repay those fans by winning the Uefa Cup".
"It was a debt I had to repay.
But less than two hours later Darling confirmed that he would repay around £700 to cover the cost of service charge from the time he moved into Downing Street.
What they do is assess how likely a borrower is to be able to repay its debts and help those trading debt contracts in the secondary market.
On Tuesday, Greece faces having to repay around €770m (£560m) to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
This scheme has financially ruined many hospitals, leaving them to draw on finances normally reserved for staff and supplies to repay steep mortgages.
A couple of years ago in Oxford he had spoken of the "almost moribund" New York theatre – "one straight play last year and that didn't repay the investors despite good reviews.
