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Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa
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“We are powerless, that's it; frankly, when faced with these characters, while in normal investigations, in cases of criminality, we can cope and have even achieved significant results, when it comes to the mafia as such, as it is framed in a particular context, it is difficult for us to obtain evidence...”
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Recorded in: Gen. C. A. Dalla Chiesa, Carabinieri.it, 4 November 1970
“Certain things are not done out of courage, they are done simply to be able to look our children and our children's children in the eye with greater peace of mind.”
Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa (1920–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anyone who thinks they can fight the Mafia in the Palermo area and not in the rest of Italy is just wasting their time.”
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Recorded in: From an interview of Giorgio Bocca, la Repubblica, 10 August 1982; reported in Repubblica.it, 3 September 2012
“As long as a party card counts for more than the state, we will never be able to defeat the mafia.”
Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa (1920–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The messages already sent to some media outlets by the most corrupt “political family” (Andreotti's, ed.) in the area have already had the desired effect.”
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Recorded in: From a letter addressed to Giovanni Spadolini, 2 April 1982; cited in Peter Gomez, Marco Travaglio, Onorevoli Wanted, p. 647
“Yesterday, the Hon. Andreotti asked me to go [to see him] and, naturally, given his electoral presence in Sicily, he indirectly expressed his interest in the issue. I was very clear and assured him that I would not show any consideration for the part of the electorate that his electors draw on.”
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Recorded in: From General dalla Chiesa's private diary, April 6, 1982; quoted in Peter Gomez, Marco Travaglio, Onorevoli Wanted, p. 647
“The Christian Democrats in Palermo live with the worst expression of their mafia activism, as well as their political activism [...]. The State entrusts the tranquility of its existence not to the will to fight and eradicate the mafia and mafia politics, but to the exploitation of my name to silence the irritation of the parties [...] ready to throw me to the wind as soon as certain interests are or must be touched or understood.”
Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa (1920–1982) first seen 1982 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From General dalla Chiesa's private diary, April 6, 1982; quoted in Peter Gomez, Marco Travaglio, Onorevoli Wanted, p. 647
“If it is true that power exists, this power belongs solely to the State, its institutions, and its laws; we cannot delegate this power to abusers, bullies, or dishonest individuals.”
Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa (1920–1982) said by 1982 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source