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Ferruccio De Bortoli
15 quotes
“She, an unyielding fighter from her American retreat, loved to go against the grain. But alone.”
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Recorded in: From the foreword to the book of Oriana Fallaci, La rabbia e l'orgoglio, Bur-Rizzoli, 2009; as quoted in Così nacque la rabbia. E l'orgoglio, Corriere.it (September 8, 2009)
“Martini was always careful not to overwhelm others with his own culture, discreet in entering into the lives of others but generous in understanding their weaknesses, humbly placing himself in the position of those who suffer, those who no longer believe or have never believed.”
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Recorded in: From the foreword to the book of Carlo Maria Martini, Il comune sentire, Bur, 2011
“The first thing to say is that we do not deserve the mistrust of the markets. Families do not deserve it, as they work and save more than the European average. Businesses do not deserve it, as their exports are growing at the same rate as those of Germany. The politicians who deceive citizens by pretending to cut their spending and then scandalously going on holiday until 12 September deserve it.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Primo: domare subito l'incendio, corriere.it (August 3, 2011)
“(About Silvio Berlusconi) For once, the prime minister is being asked to think only about the country.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Primo: domare subito l'incendio, corriere.it (August 3, 2011)
“Rating agencies assess the reliability of debtors. They form an oligopoly that is sometimes collusive. And they are among those most responsible for the financial crisis. To give just one example, they gave Lehman Brothers a triple A rating, the highest possible, shortly before it went bankrupt.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Il sipario strappato, corriere.it (October 5, 2011)
“We are neither credible nor serious. No one invests in Italy anymore, and those who lend us money want us to pay extortionate interest rates. Our image is in tatters. Those who work abroad feel deeply humiliated, accompanied by a growing sense of injustice at the way our country is being treated.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Il sipario strappato, corriere.it (October 5, 2011)
“Bossi does not appear, even to foreigners, to be in full possession of his faculties.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Il sipario strappato, corriere.it (October 5, 2011)
“Corruption is a hidden tax that discourages foreign investment, distorts markets, undermines merit and tramples on citizenship.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in perduti scelte urgenti, Corriere della sera (February 12, 2012), p. 1
“A constitutional state is based on the separation of powers and the constitutional principle of equality, especially before the law.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Prima di tutto viene il Paese, Corriere della Sera (August 13, 2013)
“What can be said about the young leader Renzi? He is a talented individual with a lack of manners. Il Corriere has supported his economic reforms, which are beneficial to the country, but has strongly cautioned against his interpretation of power. He disdains institutions and does not tolerate criticism.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Il saluto di Ferruccio de Bortoli ai lettori del Corriere della Sera «I giornali devono essere scomodi», Corriere.it (April 30. 2015)
“Besozzi dismantled the clumsy official version of the end of the Montelepre bandit (Salvatore Giuliano) and shed light on the links between the Mafia (not only in Sicily, which got rid of the now inconvenient Turiddu), politics and various state institutions.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in erruccio de Bortoli, E Besozzi smontò le bugie. Luce sul bandito Giuliano, Corriere.it (April 12, 2017)
“(About Tommaso Besozzi) He is both a reporter and a historian. He uncovers the invisible threads of mafia power, the conveniences that drive the island's powerful forces to use the bandit as their executioner, commissioning him to carry out the Portella della Ginestra massacre on 1 May 1947.”
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Recorded in: È insieme cronista e storico. Scopre i fili invisibili del potere mafioso, le convenienze che spingono i poteri forti dell'isola a servirsi del bandito giustiziere, a commissionargli la strage di Portella della Ginestra…
“(About q:it:Dario Mellone) He wanted to devote himself, body and soul, to his great passion: painting. It was a solitary and total love. When I went to visit him, he would often entertain me with stories about his latest works. He would explain them to me in great detail, momentarily stepping out of his shy and reserved character.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Gian Antonio Stella, Il mondo spiegato a china Sport, delitti, Milano: cioè la vita. Le tavole di Dario Mellone non avevano confini, Corriere della Sera (December 15, 2020)
“(Following the appeal by several members of the Popolo della Libertà party for clemency to be granted to Silvio Berlusconi) The demand for clemency, which is granted exclusively by the head of state and is strictly regulated by law, resembles an irregular and disorderly motion, undue pressure, useless in substance, dangerous in form, which would give the world the unpleasant impression that deliberate acts – which by their nature are decided with a cool head and at a distance from events (otherwise they would sound like a delegitimisation of the judiciary) – are possible by breaking down doors at the Quirinal Palace.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Prima di tutto viene il Paese, Corriere della Sera (August 13, 2013)
“Over time, dear readers, I have learned that newspapers must be uncomfortable and feared in order to serve a useful civic function. They must be uncomfortable even when they are moderate and balanced, like the Corriere. The truth is that good journalists often know more than those who would like to silence them. In this country, with its modest culture of rules, information is considered by much of the ruling class to be a necessary evil. It is one of the many signs of backwardness. Like it or not, news is news. Facts are facts, even when they contradict the opinions of the writer. And investigative journalism is a civic duty, as well as a professional one. Because democracies thrive on transparency and debate, on attention and respect. Where there is transparency, there is recognition of merit, competition and growth. Opacity leads to regression. A democratic society does not decline only if it has an informed and responsible public opinion, which, as Luigi Einaudi, a contributor to the Corriere and President of the Republic, said, must be provided with the ingredients it needs to make choices. Not only at the ballot box but in everyday life. Knowledge in order to deliberate. Public opinion, the cornerstone of an advanced democracy, is made up of citizens with a critical spirit, not subjects who swallow everything they are told. And opinions must be respected. All of them.”
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Recorded in: As quoted in Il saluto di Ferruccio de Bortoli ai lettori del Corriere della Sera «I giornali devono essere scomodi», Corriere.it (April 30. 2015)