"I feel immense physical, intellectual and emotional fatigue, so much so that at times I feel like throwing myself to the side of the road and dying, just like that, from exhaustion, from an inability to express myself, from a lack of love for life and the struggle, and simply because I no longer want to fight and make myself understood."

"(About Robespierre) I feel culturally and psychologically distant from him, yet at the same time close to him on a human level when I rediscover him so alone, so tormented, so consistent (and uncertain) in his anxiety to live in accordance with his morals and hopes."

"(About Massimo D'Alema) He is not interested in projects unless they are a justification for political action, reminiscent of the caricature of Elikon in Camus' ”'Caligula."

"Trentin liked mountaineering. When there was a match with Italy, he rooted against them. Trentin gave off an air of intellectual coldness. But he was very nice. If we argued, we always ended up telling a joke."

"Iginia Ariemma (editor), Bruno Trentin. I diari 1988 - 1994, Ediesse, 2017"

"(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."

"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."

"There is no such thing as the political climate, it is determined."

"(On the example of turncoat) Adornato. From militant communist to Berlusconism, or rather to the height of Berlusconism."