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.

Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.

When France sneezes, all of Europe catches cold.

When Paris sneezes, Europe catches a cold.

Error has never approached my spirit.

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

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.