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Democracy is always, by nature and constitution, the triumph of mediocrity.

— Indro Montanelli

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When a nice quote comes to mind, I always attribute it to Montesquieu, or to La Rochefoucauld. They've never complained.

Depression is a democratic sickness: it afflicts everyone.

Italian husbands, in order to buy their wives a fur coat, spend more than all their European collegues.

Which ever one of you will want to become a journalist, let him remember to choose his own master: the reader.

The nice thing about political pundits is that, when they answer a question, one no longer understands what they were asked.

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