Arnaldo Forlani

"(About Carlo Donat-Cattin) His intransigence always had popular roots and connections. Alien to secular temptations, freed from instrumental conventions, he strove toward lofty ideals. A clear religion. His lesson: never give in."

"Andreotti did everything and the opposite of everything; Forlani did nothing and the opposite of nothing."

"The real Italian anomaly is not Berlusconi, but that Forlani is doing community service and D'Alema is in the Prime Minister's office."

"When I see ministers using Twitter like misfits in work chats use WhatsApp—smiling faces, waving hands, dancing sluts—I feel a poignant nostalgia for Forlani."

"We won't be late today. We must allow the secretary to go to the Pope. At least for a blessing: he needs it. In every respect."