"(About [[w:Carlo Donat-Cattin]|Carlo Donat-Cattin]]]) A life characterised by a refusal to compromise. He paid a heavy price for this conception of political dignity, was not always understood, and many friends turned their backs on him."
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Una vita caratterizzata dal rifiuto dei compromessi. Per questa concezione di dignità della politica pagò duri prezzi, non sempre fu compreso e molti amici gli voltarono le spalle. — As quoted in 'La forza dei principi uniti a quella della ragione, Terzafase n. 4, year IX, April 1991, pp. 6-10
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