"If, then, at the end of this analysis, I am asked to take off the mortar-board of the academic and put on the hat of …"

"Philosophically, Bobbio’s response to the contemporary political condition of the West is the opposite of that of Raw…"

"Bobbio’s account of human rights is thus a far cry from the deontological versions of Rawls or Habermas. It is radica…"

"Bobbio’s realism, what can be seen as the conservative strand in his thinking, had always coexisted, however, with li…"

"According to leading Italian political scientist Norberto Bobbio, freedom of opinion and expression (and of associati…"

"Corruption has always been a constant companion of humankind. After all, Catholic culture itself teaches us: without …"

"The truth is that when Christian Democrats die, everyone applauds them and some even wanted to canonise them, yet whe…"

"The European cultures that govern the member states are the environmentalist, liberal, socialist and Christian democr…"

"Consent is won by promising a great deal and always delivering, but in dribs and drabs."

"This scoundrel (Antonio Di Pietro) said that the growth of the 1980s was linked to the world of bribes."