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Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa Quotes

1920–1982 Italy

Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa (1920 – 1982) was an Italian Carabinieri general, notable for campaigning against terrorism during the Years of Lead. He was assassinated in the Via Carini massacre by the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo.

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As long as a party card counts for more than the state, we will never be able to defeat the mafia.

Anyone who thinks they can fight the Mafia in the Palermo area and not in the rest of Italy is just wasting their time.

If it is true that power exists, this power belongs solely to the State, its institutions, and its laws; we cannot delegate this power to abusers, bullies, or dishonest individuals.

Certain things are not done out of courage, they are done simply to be able to look our children and our children's children in the eye with greater peace of mind.

The messages already sent to some media outlets by the most corrupt “political family” (Andreotti's, ed.) in the area have already had the desired effect.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.