Giulio Andreotti Quotes

Power wears out those who don't have it

I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants.

You sin in thinking bad about people - but, often, you guess right.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

I love Germany so much that I preferred when there were two.

In church I feel very close to the publican of the parable.

Power is a disease one has no desire to be cured of.

Apart from the Punic Wars, I've been blamed for just about everything.

In politics, sunny days and rainy days can change very quickly.

I have some state secrets I will take with me to paradise.

My conscience is clear, because I know that in my conscience and in front of God I am guilty of nothing. I hope human justice will see at the same way.

Gladio had been necessary during the days of the Cold War but, in view of the collapse of the East Block, Italy would suggest to Nato that the organisation was no longer necessary.

Clericalism: the habitual confusion between that which is of Caesar, and that of God.

I should be making plans more for the next world than for this one.

The judges are a big problem. Law is equal for everyone, except for them.

We learn from the Gospel that when they asked Jesus what the truth was, he did not reply.