Democracy is moving forward, sometimes a little bit slowly, but it is moving forward. This is an obvious step, it is an obligation and it is necessary.

Quote by Romano Prodi

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Italy is divided between us and them, rich and poor, north and south, young and...

Italy is divided between us and them, rich and poor, north and south, young and...

He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts, more for support than illumination.

He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts, more for support than illumination.

Berlusconi is no longer fit to lead our country.

Berlusconi is no longer fit to lead our country.

No one wants to lose their job, or cede the power they've acquired.

No one wants to lose their job, or cede the power they've acquired.

Democracies must have equilibrium... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized.

Democracies must have equilibrium... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized.

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight...

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight...

Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It...

Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It...

Think what a revolution it will be if we manage to get everyone to pay...

Think what a revolution it will be if we manage to get everyone to pay...

It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution...

It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution...

I am not overconfident.

I am not overconfident.

The problem of Italy is not really a question of age. Japan has an older...

The problem of Italy is not really a question of age. Japan has an older...

I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what...

I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what...

The Italian economy is certainly the weakest of the big European countries.

The Italian economy is certainly the weakest of the big European countries.

I don't want to pass a punitive law, or use politics as a vendetta.

I don't want to pass a punitive law, or use politics as a vendetta.

Moreover, resolving the mother of all problems - the Israeli-Palestinian question - requires cooperation between...

Moreover, resolving the mother of all problems - the Israeli-Palestinian question - requires cooperation between...

The world must be made safe for democracy

The world must be made safe for democracy

A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great...

A great democracy must be progressive or it will soon cease to be a great...

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

Democracy is, by the nature of it, a self-cancelling business: and gives in the long...

Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either...

Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either...

People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle...

People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle...

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.

They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program.