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Corruption is a hidden tax that discourages foreign investment, distorts markets, undermines merit and tramples on citizenship.

— Ferruccio De Bortoli

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Source: La corruzione è una tassa occulta, frena gli investimenti esteri, distorce i mercati, umilia il merito e calpesta la cittadinanza.
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Martini was always careful not to overwhelm others with his own culture, discreet in entering into the lives of others but generous in understanding their weaknesses, humbly placing himself in the position of those who suffer, those who no longer believe or have never believed.

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As quoted in perduti scelte urgenti, Corriere della sera (February 12, 2012), p. 1

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