There are many who only make a small excursion into politics, as amateurs, and others who regard it, and it is for them, as an accessory of secondary importance. But for me, ever since I was a boy, it was my career, my mission.
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Ci sono molti che nella politica fanno solo una piccola escursione, come dilettanti, ed altri che la considerano e tale è per loro, come un accessorio di secondarissima importanza. Ma per me, fin da ragazzo, era la mia carriera, la mia missione.
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From Lettere dalla prigione (1927-1928), Marietti, Genova 2003, p. 12 (August 6, 1927).