On the Years of lead) Italy took a big risk during those years... the battle absorbed us completely. As a result, we were unable to see the rest with the necessary clarity.
Notes from Wikiquote
From Intervista sul mio partito. As quoted in Paul Ginsborg, Storia d'Italia dal dopoguerra a oggi, tr. it. Marcello Flores and Sandro Perini, Einaudi, 1989, p. 68. ISBN 8806160548