Patrikios, koji je jedva preživio da ga ne ubiju kolaboranti tokom Drugog svjetskog rata i bio u egzilu na jednom ostrvu tri godine nakon Građanskog rata u Grčkoj 1946. zbog svojih ljevičarskih ideala, izjavio je da mu je drago što se na skupu pojavilo toliko ljudi.
Patrikios, who barely survived being killed by collaborators during WWII and was exiled to an island for three years after the Greek Civil War in 1946 because of his Leftist ideals, said he was glad so many showed up at the event.