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Luciano Lama
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“[On the referendum on the sliding wage scale] As an activist, I signed, but I am opposed to the CGIL taking a position on the referendum. I do not feel that this is a contradiction.”
Luciano Lama (1921–1996) first seen 1984 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Lama: "Ho firmato ma non voglio che Cgil firmi, La Stampa (September 11, 1984)
“On the Years of lead) Italy took a big risk during those years... the battle absorbed us completely. As a result, we were unable to see the rest with the necessary clarity.”
Luciano Lama (1921–1996) first seen 1989 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: From Intervista sul mio partito. As quoted in Paul Ginsborg, Storia d'Italia dal dopoguerra a oggi, tr. it. Marcello Flores and Sandro Perini, Einaudi, 1989, p. 68. ISBN 8806160548
“Whether it makes us smile or irritates us, political satire encourages us to look inside ourselves and, more generally, at what is happening in society. [...] In any case, even an ungenerous and disrespectful attack is better than any kind of censorship. We can defend ourselves against the former, but not the latter.”
Luciano Lama (1921–1996) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in I politici disegnano Forattini, La Stampa (February 5, 1983)
“[On the 1996 elections] I want to shout out here, from my bed, the simplest and most important lesson I have learned from my experience: never stop seeking solutions through agreement.”
Luciano Lama (1921–1996) first seen 1996 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: [Sulle elezioni del 1996] Voglio gridare qui, dal mio letto, la più semplice e importante lezione che mi viene dalla mia esperienza; non smettere mai di cercare le soluzioni attraverso le intese.
“Natta is not Berlinguer, as is only right. I appreciate him for his idea of a secular, non-dogmatic character, free from party schemes and sacred cows.”
Luciano Lama (1921–1996) said by 1996 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“(Speech delivered on 16 March 1978, during the general strike following the via Fani ambush) [...] But on this day of mourning, a dramatic moment in the life of our country, we must not allow ourselves to be overwhelmed by emotion. We must oppose inhuman violence with reason and a determined will not to bow to the blackmail of murderers, enemies of democracy and freedom in our country. There is talk of civil war. We have known such things, but in this case we are not faced with the struggle of one part, albeit small, of a people against another part. That is not the case. We are faced with a handful of professional terrorists who are attacking our institutions and our freedoms, we are faced with a small group of murderers who are attacking the institutions of Italian democracy; it is true, however, and we must take advantage of this circumstance to reflect on the reality that around this tiny band of ferocious criminals there is a certain layer of acquiescent, passive people who, if nothing else, are morally disengaged or even sympathise with the criminals, with the terrorists, or who stand by and watch. This is not the time to stand by and watch, friends in Rome. At this moment, in this trial, we cannot stand by passively in the face of the destruction that is being attempted against the institutions, democracy, freedom and fundamental values of civil coexistence that we have won through our struggle.”
Luciano Lama (1921–1996) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (Discorso pronunciato il 16 marzo 1978, in occasione dello sciopero generale all'indomani dell'agguato di via Fani) [...] Ma in questo giorno che è un giorno di lutto, un momento drammatico nella vita del paese, in ques…