Indro Montanelli

“[...] the love of power excludes all others.”

“A real writer [...] doesn't look up to any other writer but himself.”

“Cynics are all moralists, and merciless too.”

“Fascism rewarded jackasses in uniform. Democracy gives privileges to those in sports' gear. In Italy, political regimes come to pass. Jackasses remain. Triumphant.”

“The nice thing about political pundits is that, when they answer a question, one no longer understands what they were asked.”

“Parties had eventually put the wrong man in the wrong place. De Mita was not without merits. However, he completely lacked any relating to government. This was obvious while he served as Minister, and was not accomplishing more than a little: and that little bit, usually, would have been better not having been accomplished.”

“Politicians do nothing but ask of us, during every expiration of a legal statute, "a gesture of trust." But here trust is not enough; what's needed is an act of faith.”

“Italian husbands, in order to buy their wives a fur coat, spend more than all their European collegues.”

“Men do not know how to appreciate or measure luck except that of others. Their own never.”