Top 46 Quotes & Sayings by Silvio Berlusconi
Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Italian statesman Silvio Berlusconi.
Last updated on December 24, 2024.
The political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger the responsibility, the more allies he needs.
I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country.
I'm not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. I'll try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to.
If I, taking care of everyone's interests, also take care of my own, you can't talk about a conflict of interest.
The link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom.
On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening.
Bush will keep up that policy that gives the United State the role of promoting freedom in the world.
We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case.
Only I can turn this country around.
I am certain that we need a solution completely separate from military intervention.
It's better to like beautiful girls than to be gay.
It’s better to be passionate about beautiful women than gay men.
The Left loves the poor so much it creates more of them every time it gets into power.
Mussolini never killed anyone, he just sent dissenters abroad for vacation.
We are not a civilized country if we can read in a newspaper what a lady tells her boyfriend or husband.
These monstrous criminals have demonstrated a vile and brutal affront against humanity.
Italy is now a great country to invest in... Today we have fewer communists and those who are still there deny having been one. Another reason to invest in Italy is that we have beautiful secretaries... superb girls.
There is nothing new in Egypt. Egyptians are making history as usual.
In absolute terms, I am the most legally persecuted man of all times, in the whole history of mankind, worldwide.
I don't need to go into office for the power. I have houses all over the world, stupendous boats... beautiful airplanes, a beautiful wife, a beautiful family... I am making a sacrifice.
I unfortunately have never in my life been to a wild party.
We must be capable of speaking a language of peace, but not one of surrender.
I am the Jesus Christ of politics. I am a patient victim, I put up with everyone, I sacrifice myself for everyone.
Mussolini never killed anyone. Mussolini used to send people on vacation in internal exile.
You have to make a joke every 10–15 minutes. It’s a way of keeping up morale.
I never understood where the satisfaction is when you're missing the pleasure of conquest.
The women of the Right are certainly the most beautiful the Left has no taste, not even when it comes to women.
Only Napoleon did more than I have done. But I am definitely taller.
Women are lining up to marry me. Legend has it, I know how to do it.
I tell you the truth: if I lived in a country where there was no day appointed for elections, I would become a revolutionary, if not a terrorist. And that is because I love liberty too much; without liberty a man is not a man. He has no dignity.
It's a great sacrifice to do what I'm doing. I'm not having fun at all...What a brutal job!
The West will continue to conquer peoples, even if it means a confrontation with another civilization, Islam, firmly entrenched where it was 1,400 years ago.
Berlusconi's advice to Italians trying to escape poverty: "Do it my way and earn more money".
In Italy, I am almost seen as German for my workaholism. Also I am from Milan, the city where people work the hardest. Work, work, work - I am almost German.
I'm a man of honour, a truthful person, a gentleman of absolute morality .
By definition, as a Prime Minister I cannot be a liar.
I will take questions from the guys, but from the girls I want telephone numbers.
I have little hair because my brain is so big it pushes the hair out.
I always win, I'm cursed to win.
When asked if they would like to have sex with me, 30 per cent said, “Yes”, while the other 70 per cent replied, “What, again?”
A hungry man is not a free man. Freedom from hunger is a fundamental right. Without this freedom, such fundamental right cannot exist.
Obviously the government of [Mussolini's] time, out of fear that German power might lead to complete victory, preferred to ally itself with Hitler's Germany rather than opposing it. The racial laws were the worst fault of Mussolini as a leader, who in so many other ways did well.
I am absolutely sure to be the most democratic man to ever become Prime Minister in Italy.
The life in Italy is the life of a wealthy country: consumptions haven't diminished, it's hard to find seats on planes, our restaurants are full of people.
I'm 74 years old and even though I may be a bit of a rascal, 33 girls in two months seems to me too much even for a 30-year-old.
Because of my personal history, my professional skills and my business achievements, I am a man nobody can expect to compare himself with.
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