GIULIO ANDREOTTI

Power is dangerous for those who do not have it.

Power is a disease one has no desire to be cured of.

I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants.

In church I feel very close to the publican of the parable.

The judges are a big problem. Law is equal for everyone, except for them.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Clericalism: the habitual confusion between that which is of Caesar, and that of God.

In politics, sunny days and rainy days can change very quickly.

I have some state secrets I will take with me to paradise.

My father died when I was two years old. But my mother was quite capable. She raised three children with his war pension which was peanuts. Yet we did not want for anything. We grew up with a certain parsimony, which is a nice thing. Then if life gives you more good, otherwise you get used to. I'm still thrifty.

I should be making plans more for the next world than for this one.

I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants.

You sin in thinking bad about people - but, often, you guess right.

Gladio had been necessary during the days of the Cold War but, in view of the collapse of the East Block, Italy would suggest to Nato that the organisation was no longer necessary.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Power is dangerous for those who do not have it.

Aside from the Punic Wars, which I was too young for, I have been blamed for everything.

In church I feel very close to the publican of the parable.

I have some state secrets I will take with me to paradise.

My father died when I was two years old. But my mother was quite capable. She raised three children with his war pension which was peanuts. Yet we did not want for anything. We grew up with a certain parsimony, which is a nice thing. Then if life gives you more good, otherwise you get used to. I'm still thrifty.

I love Germany so much that I preferred when there were two.

Clericalism: the habitual confusion between that which is of Caesar, and that of God.

If a citizen who's committed many crimes, instead of going to prison would say something against me or another politician, or against any other well known person ... I don't want to be disrespectful to anybody but someone who's killed twenty people could easily tell a lie.

In politics, sunny days and rainy days can change very quickly.

The judges are a big problem. Law is equal for everyone, except for them.

My conscience is clear, because I know that in my conscience and in front of God I am guilty of nothing. I hope human justice will see at the same way.

We learn from the Gospel that when they asked Jesus what the truth was, he did not reply.

Power is a disease one has no desire to be cured of.

Apart from the Punic Wars, I've been blamed for just about everything.