The personal party model that Berlusconi invented in the end is now imitated by everyone. What are they doing if not creating lots of personal partie… - Sergio D'Antoni

(On Sergio Cofferati) In truth, he immediately withdrew from the national competition. He chose not to be defeated and to start over.*For me, the magic word is consultation. It's the word I grew up with.*The Reagan right considers consultation an obstacle. The antagonistic left considers it a betrayal.

Bruno Trentin liked mountaineering. When there was a match involving Italy, he rooted against them. Trentin gave the impression of intellectual coldness. But he was very nice. If we argued, we always ended up telling a joke.

When Berlusconi said that people don't work much in Italy, he didn't realise that since his government came to power, the number of strike hours has increased dramatically.