Silvio Berlusconi Quotes

The political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger the responsibility, the more allies he needs.

Mussolini never killed anyone, he just sent dissenters abroad for vacation.

Because of my personal history, my professional skills and my business achievements, I am a man nobody can expect to compare himself with.

The West will continue to conquer peoples, even if it means a confrontation with another civilization, Islam, firmly entrenched where it was 1,400 years ago.

The Left loves the poor so much it creates more of them every time it gets into power.

I have little hair because my brain is so big it pushes the hair out.

I don't need to go into office for the power. I have houses all over the world, stupendous boats... beautiful airplanes, a beautiful wife, a beautiful family... I am making a sacrifice.

I am the Jesus Christ of politics. I am a patient victim, I put up with everyone, I sacrifice myself for everyone.

If I, taking care of everyone's interests, also take care of my own, you can't talk about a conflict of interest.

I will take questions from the guys, but from the girls I want telephone numbers.

The women of the Right are certainly the most beautiful the Left has no taste, not even when it comes to women.

Italy is now a great country to invest in... Today we have fewer communists and those who are still there deny having been one. Another reason to invest in Italy is that we have beautiful secretaries... superb girls.

It’s better to be passionate about beautiful women than gay men.

Only Napoleon did more than I have done. But I am definitely taller.

Mussolini never killed anyone. Mussolini used to send people on vacation in internal exile.

I never understood where the satisfaction is when you're missing the pleasure of conquest.

I'm not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. I'll try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to.

These monstrous criminals have demonstrated a vile and brutal affront against humanity.

Women are lining up to marry me. Legend has it, I know how to do it.

We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case.

I'm 74 years old and even though I may be a bit of a rascal, 33 girls in two months seems to me too much even for a 30-year-old.

You have to make a joke every 10–15 minutes. It’s a way of keeping up morale.

By definition, as a Prime Minister I cannot be a liar.

We must be capable of speaking a language of peace, but not one of surrender.

In absolute terms, I am the most legally persecuted man of all times, in the whole history of mankind, worldwide.

The link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom.

Only I can turn this country around.

There is nothing new in Egypt. Egyptians are making history as usual.

I unfortunately have never in my life been to a wild party.

I am absolutely sure to be the most democratic man to ever become Prime Minister in Italy.

It's a great sacrifice to do what I'm doing. I'm not having fun at all...What a brutal job!

When asked if they would like to have sex with me, 30 per cent said, “Yes”, while the other 70 per cent replied, “What, again?”

It's better to like beautiful girls than to be gay.

In Italy, I am almost seen as German for my workaholism. Also I am from Milan, the city where people work the hardest. Work, work, work - I am almost German.

The life in Italy is the life of a wealthy country: consumptions haven't diminished, it's hard to find seats on planes, our restaurants are full of people.

I tell you the truth: if I lived in a country where there was no day appointed for elections, I would become a revolutionary, if not a terrorist. And that is because I love liberty too much; without liberty a man is not a man. He has no dignity.