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You confuse independence with arbitrariness, that's the problem: those who are independent must always be accountable. Lawyer Alfredo Galasso: “Magistrates are not.” Giovanni Falcone: Oh no? How come? There is a wonderful law on civil liability and you say no?

— Giovanni Falcone

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Even in the most heinous of criminals, I must see the man.

This is the happy country where, if someone plants a bomb under your house and it doesn't explode, it's your fault for not detonating it.

We can always do something: a maxim that should be carved on the bench of every magistrate and every police officer.

(About Antonio Agostino) I owe my life to that boy.

The important thing is not to determine whether one has fear or not, but to know how to live with one's fear and not be influenced by it. That's what courage is, otherwise it's no longer courage, it's recklessness.

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