Massimo D'Alema Quotes

Berlusconi has an easy game, because we are coming out of a period of political vacuum.

Ultimately, what made Fidel Castro hugely popular in Latin America was the fact that he had the courage to do what almost all Latin Americans would like to do but don't have the courage to do: challenge the United States of America. [...] And that made him a star. Then he took advantage of it.

I don't think that Renzi's media success corresponds to extraordinary wealth and novelty of content. (October 29, 2013)

The other day in parliament, we had to fight to defend the rights of severely disabled people to receive assistance worthy of the name. And we were told by that pocket-sized brute, Minister Brunetta, that there are abuses. But if there are abuses, they must be tackled without removing rights. With his virulent campaign against everything public, Brunetta risks attacking essential public services and throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

Bastonare la povera gente disperata è facile. Trovare i soldi per fare quello che hanno promesso è difficile e non sono in grado di farlo. Il Governo si è sfogato su quello che è facile: colpire i deboli.

(About the Italian Roman Catholic Church) [...] instead of asking the Church not to interfere, interfere yourselves! If not now, when?

(During a visit at Mediaset) I am not here to pay tribute to Berlusconi, but to a company that is a national treasure.

Scalfaro represented one of the most significant experiences of the generation that won democracy against fascism and rebuilt the country, making Italy a modern nation respected throughout the world [...]. I had the opportunity to work with him at various times during my political and institutional career. I remember him as an uncompromising defender of the role and prerogatives of Parliament, as an uncompromising defender of legality and of an ethical vision of political commitment. I remember him as Head of State, a scrupulous and authoritative interpreter of his role as guardian of the Constitution.

Se si va sulla strada di Renzi si va al disastro politico.

It is to be feared that the Church will succumb to the temptation of power and that the political influence of Catholics will be directed toward obtaining legal protection for principles and values such as abortion and fertilization, which will then become laws imposed on everyone, undermining the secular nature of the state.

(About Francesco Cossiga) He is now an old gentleman who enjoys himself. (January 11, 1998)

One of the reasons why I can come across as difficult even to some left-wing voters is that I always engage in politics, even during election campaigns.

Penso che sia ingiusto attaccare Di Pietro e il Pool di Milano, perché questi magistrati hanno reso un grande servizio al Paese.

Vendola is part of the left wing that has been Prodi's biggest problem since his first government.

Ho qualche difficoltà a considerare Berlusconi un uomo nuovo, dal momento che è stato uno degli uomini più vicini a quelli che han governato l'Italia negli anni Ottanta. (10 febbraio 1994)