The events which can not be prevented, must be directed.

The obvious is always least understood.

The word 'freedom' means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word 'order.' Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.

In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old age.

When Paris sneezes, Europe catches a cold.

The word 'Italy' is a geographical expression, a description which is useful shorthand, but has none of the political significance the efforts of the revolutionary ideologues try to put on it, and which is full of dangers for the very existence of the states which make up the peninsula.

I came into the world either too early or too late; at present, I am good for nothing.