"(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."
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Bruno Trentin
1926 – 2007
Bruno Trentin (1926 – 2007) was an Italian trade unionist and politician, General Secretary of Italian General Confederation of Labour from 1988 to 1994.
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