Massimo D'Alema Quotes

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.

Ah-ah! It's unthinkable that Dr. Berlusconi would enter politics. He has to take care of his debts. Stay put, he wouldn't get many votes anyway. This isn't Brazil! (1993)

Il 1921 è celebrato come l'evento della nascita del Pci ma in realtà risulta una sconfitta, una frattura del movimento operaio, proprio quando stava sorgendo il fascismo.

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

(About the passages about the Rotkopf company's planes) As for the flights, it is absurd to say that I could have paid for a scheduled flight. As a member of parliament, I do not pay for scheduled flights. If I took a ride to attend three rallies instead of one, the savings were for the taxpayers, not me. We used these flights for work reasons because one of our colleagues told us that this option was available. If I had known what had come to light, I would certainly have gone on foot.

I find it difficult to consider Berlusconi a new man, given that he was one of the closest associates of those who governed Italy in the 1980s. (February 10, 1994)

With Berlusconi we must rewrite the rules of the democratic state. (June 3, 1996)

Con Berlusconi dobbiamo riscrivere le regole dello Stato democratico.

Letta è solo un leader di transizione per un governo momentaneo e con un programma di scopo. Non sarà utile una seconda volta. Per il futuro immagino Gianni Cuperlo alla segreteria del partito e Matteo Renzi a Palazzo Chigi.

Those who steal should be put in jail. Unfortunately, this cannot be done because the majority generally protects them. This is the real scandal that newspapers should be reporting on, but they don't, because they are complicit.

Berlusconi ha buon gioco, perché veniamo da un periodo di vuoto d'autorità

While political analysts say that Vendola and Casini cannot be mixed, voters are showing that they are happy to mix them together.

In definitiva, ciò che rendeva enormemente popolare Fidel Castro nell'America latina era il fatto che lui aveva avuto il coraggio di fare quello che quasi tutti i latino-americani vorrebbero fare ma non hanno il coraggio di fare: sfidare gli Stati uniti d'America. [...] E questo ne faceva una star. Poi lui ne approfittava.

Quelli che rubano bisogna metterli in galera. Purtroppo questo non si può fare perché la maggioranza, in genere, li protegge. Questo è il vero scandalo che i giornali dovrebbero denunciare e invece non lo fanno, per complicità.

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.