Which ever one of you will want to become a journalist, let him remember to choose his own master: the reader.

A real writer [...] looks not in another writer but himself.

Fascism rewarded jackasses in uniform. Democracy gives privileges to those in sports' gear. In Italy, political regimes come to pass. Jackasses remain. Triumphant.

Which ever one of you will want to become a journalist, let him remember to choose his own master: the reader.

Also we Italians have something to Elvis Presley: to offer one of the rare occasions when we prefer to be Italian rather than American.

Servitude, in many cases, is not forced upon by the masters, but a temptation of the servants.

Democracy is always, by nature and constitution, the triumph of mediocrity.