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Sandro Bondi

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“Only in a country corrupted by the pseudo-culture of the left do people spend their time debating whether individuals like Quattrocchi are heroes or mercenaries. To talk about mercenaries is to adopt the same language as those who praise the Iraqi resistance. Quattrocchi has shown everyone his true feelings. And with that shouted phrase, it cannot be denied that he died a hero.”
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“The political, cultural and human level of Rutelli's views is comparable to that of a badly behaved child from a posh area.”
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“(About the Family Day) An event of this importance should not be seen as a confrontational action against anyone, but rather as a collective moment aimed at affirming the fundamental reality of our society and of the West: the family.”
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“To understand the bilious provincialism of certain sections of the Italian press, you only need to read Enzo Biagi's commentary , published today in Sette magazine, on our Prime Minister's trip to the USA.”
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“(Addressing Vittorio Sgarbi) You lack a fundamental quality – and you have often demonstrated this in your political career – which is good manners and balance. Your lack of balance has not served you well, either in public life or in politics.”
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“It is a pity to see Umberto Eco venting his bitterness towards the Italian Prime Minister through the pages of a foreign newspaper. It's a pity, because his uncontrollable bitterness is matched only by his political and intellectual ineptitude.”
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“Off the top of my head, I can see a lot of similarities between Obama and [Silvio Berlusconi|Berlusconi]]. Both of them break with established conventions: they are not at all ideological, and they base their leadership on a unique personal communicative charisma.”
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“(About the Alfano immunity law) To me, it seems like a good law that genuinely protects citizens' rights.”
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“The Prime Minister has already responded: his relationship with that young girl was based on integrity and propriety. This is the only response that Silvio Berlusconi needed to give, and he gave it.”
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“I have known Silvio Berlusconi for almost twenty years. I have worked with him in my personal life and supported him in his political career. I believe I know him well. As all Italians have now realised, he is a person who loves life, a generous person, a person who respects everyone: this is the Silvio Berlusconi I know, I can vouch for that, and this is the Silvio Berlusconi that Italians know. That should be enough.”
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“In the gardens of the villa [Villa Certosa], you can have dinner, or lunch, with business people who are passing through, with friends, with MPs, with political leaders… but also, and this is frankly one of the nicest things, with lots of lovely families.”
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“(About the Alfano immunity law) Every day, I am amazed by the determination, the courage and the moral strength that the Prime Minister shows in the face of the disconcerting events that have been happening in this unfortunate country for almost 20 years. We should all be aware that without him, without the almost heroic and undoubtedly moving example he sets in the service of freedom, democracy and Italy's development, we would all be deprived of the opportunity to look to the future with even the slightest hope.”
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“The 150th-anniversary event [of the Unification of Italy] must not become, as has happened in the past with other historical celebrations, a purely rhetorical event. Instead, at a difficult time like the one we are currently experiencing, it must be a moment of heightened civic awareness, capable of engaging the whole of Italian society and providing opportunities for reflection on our history and our identity, which are necessary to achieve a deeper awareness of national unity.”
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“I'm left-wing. I would like a party like Gordon Brown's.”
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“(About Gianfranco Fini) On TV, I offered him my hand, and he tore it off. He said I had been a communist. What nerve, given his own past. Today is 25 April, and I think it’s a good opportunity to remember that, in Italy, the Communists drove out the Fascists. Better red than black.”
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“[About Gianfranco Fini] He's authoritarian. Why have so many from AN now come over to our side? There’s a different atmosphere here. Fini, on the other hand, is a tough guy. He demanded Tremonti's head, and he got it. He abandoned his spokesperson, Sottile. Berlusconi would never have done that.”
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“(About Pierluigi Bersani) An excellent person. Not a leader, but a balanced, honest and pragmatic politician.”
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“Vendola disappointed me. I congratulated him on his victory. First, he thanked me, then he told the press that if I was a poet, Fede was a journalist. He called my poems terrible. I would have accepted it if he had said they were bad. But 'terrible'… that hurt me so much.”
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“Manuela and I support family values, but we would also like to see rights recognised for civil partnerships, including same-sex couples. The Church should change its attitude.”
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“I myself am completely loyal to Berlusconi and have genuine affection for him, but I have my own views on many issues concerning the future of the PdL and the country.”
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“(About Sergio Marchionne's comments about Italy's lack of attractiveness) If Italy still had a national leadership class worthy of the name and influential political leaders, it would be giving Marchionne's statements serious thought. To ignore, or worse, to argue over, one of his remarks – as paradoxical as they are alarming – is to pretend that the problems don't exist and that everything can carry on as before. The left can do that, but anyone working to bring about change and modernise Italy cannot.”
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“Bossi is a wise and prudent leader.”
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“(Addressing Eugenio Corti) I am well aware of your literary output, and I have always held it in the highest regard, from your early work through to the publication of the Cavallo Rosso trilogy – a novel that recounts Italy during the Second World War and its subsequent rebirth – and up to the dark period of the terrorist threat to democratic institutions. Furthermore, his later works, essays and articles have, with keen intelligence, contributed to the intellectual debate of the twentieth century.”
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“Today, no one can ignore how dramatic—and by no means unrealistic—the prospect is of an Italy that is fragmenting into a North politically coloured by the flags of the Lega and the PDL, red regions where the historical legacy of the communist left endures, and finally a South that is the scene of local, clientelist and oligarchic movements, where the influence of organised crime would be even stronger than it is today.”
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“Over the past few years, we have not built anything that is humanly or politically sound or genuine. It will end badly.”
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“Berlusconi was brilliant in opposition, but he was disappointing, if not disastrous, at the art of governing and at delivering the political agreements that would have changed our country for the better. He failed to exercise his inclination towards compromise when it would have been appropriate.”
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“Today, Forza Italia is incomprehensible to anyone who does not know about Berlusconi's private life.”
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“More than politics, literature , and perhaps even psychology , can offer an interpretation of his existential journey.”
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“(About the Cirinnà Bill of Law on civil unions] The passing of this Act will finally make Italy a more modern and more civilised country.”
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“[About Silvio Berlusconi] [...] The founder of Forza Italia believes in nothing, absolutely nothing.”
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“(Addressing Eugenio Scalfari) You are constantly injecting the seed of anthropological racism and the poison of moral denigration against those who do not think like you into the body of a nation already worn down by historical divisions and political and ideological conflicts. The cultural references you flaunt to justify your opinions are nothing more than scholastic regurgitations or, at best, misinterpretations of readings that have been even worse digested. [...] You represent the exact opposite of a true man of culture. Indeed, your entire history is marked by blind, vindictive militancy in the service of a political party or a partisan interest: from your loyal adherence to fascism to your support for Carlo De Benedetti's venture and your courting of Di Pietro's subversive designs. [...] The ideas you represent [...] pose a serious threat to all those who want to build a freer and more democratic country.”
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“Italy needs a breath of freedom and modernisation. That is why we Catholics, too, must rid ourselves of a certain bigotry which, especially on issues of bioethics and civil rights , risks undermining the value of the faith and plunging Italian society into an atmosphere of backwardness. In recent years, the centre-right has adopted positions of pure conservatism and old-fashioned clericalism on some issues, while on others, such as immigration and the rights of foreign nationals, it has distanced itself from the Church’s teachings. Moreover, this behaviour is contradictory and does not reflect the views of the majority of Italian Catholics.”
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