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Someone said of Sergio Mattarella: in politics, he is tenacious and persistent, like a falling drop of water.

— Giampaolo Pansa

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We are a patient and hardworking people. Yet it is wise not to forget the old adage: sometimes even ants, in their own small way, get pissed off.

I have learned that judges should not be criticized. They are a very powerful force and jealous of their autonomy.

We are used to saying that we must defend ourselves in trials and not from trials. Yet I would like to see how the many politicians who preach this would behave.

(About the daily newspaper la Repubblica A guerrilla paper that goes into battle every day to destroy Berlusconi.

When I hear Grillo shouting, Italians, it sends a chill down my spine, because it reminds me of someone who shouted the same word with the same emphasis from a balcony in Palazzo Venezia.

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