The Mafia is by no means invincible. It is a human phenomenon and, like all human phenomena, it has a beginning and it will also have an end. Rather, we must realize that it is a terribly serious and very grave phenomenon and that it can be defeated not by demanding heroism from defenseless citizens, but by committing all the best forces of the institutions to this battle.
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From an interview of Gianfranco D’Anna to Giovanni Falcone, RaiTre, 30 August 1991. Cited by the following secondary sources: internazionale.it, libreriamo.it and in the bok of Vincenzo Pilato La Mafia, la Chiesa, lo Stato, Effata Editrice, 1 gennaio 2009, p. 23, ISBN 9788874025305