Depression is a democratic sickness: it afflicts everyone.

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

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

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

I have never dreamt of contesting the Church her right to remain faithful to herself, meaning to the commandments that come from Doctrine... but that she expects to impose these commandments upon me who do not have the good fortune of being a believer, trying to pour them into civil law in a way that they become obligatory even to us non-believers, is it right? To me it doesn't seem so.

You give Italy Jesus Christ and you get the Roman Catholic Church.

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