I express my firmest condemnation of this new act of violence that, added with other cruel gestures carried out in that tormented country, does not help pacification or renewal,

The Destiny of every Nation is bound to the Destiny of all Others.

The return to the Organization of the United States of America, the bearers of a great and diversified democratic culture that has inspired many other peoples.

Seven years up here (in the president’s palace) are already a lot, another seven would … perhaps mean a kind of republican monarchy.

A project once seen as utopian has become reality,

is a place where chances of cooperation outnumber areas of competition.

The attacks are an “abominable violence that wounds every principle of civil existence. Madrid’s tragedy reminds us of the need that ever more cohesive action by the European Union and the international community must achieve...

Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.

[Italian firms are well established.] It is not exactly a new market, … All the big Italian brands already have stores there.

Princess Margaret had conquered the affection of Italians, who will remember her cordial and human character,

The presence of foreign banks in Italy must not be seen to be an invasion, but a state of mutual enrichment.

The spirit of cooperation has limited the damage which unfortunately has been very grave in terms of human life, production and infrastructure,

The education of peoples is a necessary precondition to peace.

I’m proud to be able to call myself a European citizen, born in Italy.

The United Nations system is still the best instrument for making the world less fragile.

The country will no longer tolerate a tragedy such as this, … We need to know why this happened … but for the moment we have to push on with the rescue effort, and we...

Last Monday, a tragic series of errors, negligence and accidents suddenly cast us into darkness, tears, wounds and mourning.