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.

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

[Addressed to Berlusconi who wanted to impose himself on the editorial style of "Il Giornale"] In the art of entrepeneurship, you are certainly a genius, and I an asshole. But in the art of argument the genius is me, and you the asshole.

I know many crooks and they never preach, but I don't know anyone who preaches that isn't a crook also.

Pertini has interpreted as their best the worst about Italians.

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