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Licio Gelli Quotes

1919–2015 Italy

Licio Gelli (April 21, 1919 – December 15, 2015) was an Italian financier, liaison officer between the Italian government and Nazi Germany, chiefly known for his role in the Banco Ambrosiano scandal. He was revealed in 1981 as being the Venerable Master of the clandestine lodge Propaganda Due.

Italy
Businesspeople
Neo-fascists

Also known as: Licio gelli

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The real power lies in the hands of the holders of the Mass Media.

The real power lies in the hands of the media owners.

Mussolini was the son of a blacksmith, Hitler was the son of a house painter and I am the son of a miller.

It is not up to us to deliver judgments. Only God will be able to tell the truth.

Would Giulio Andreotti have been the true "master" of the P2 Lodge? For heaven's sake... I had the P2, Cossiga the Gladio and Andreotti the Ring.

I am a fascist and will die a fascist.

We had Italy in our hands. We would never have wanted to attack, but we were like a sentinel, carefully ensuring that the Communist party should never emerge.

With P2 we had Italy in our hands. Then there was the Army, Financial Police, Police: they were clearly commanded by all people from the P2 Masonic lodge. [...] We never wanted to attack and we couldn't attack, but we were a sentinel to prevent the Communist Party from emerging.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Licio Gelli (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.