Italy is divided between us and them, rich and poor, north and south, young and old, employed and unemployed.

I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what I did when I was prime minister last time in Italy and president of the European Commission for more than five years.

We must now face the difficult task of moving towards a single economy, a single political entity .. For the first time since the fall of the Roman Empire we have the opportunity to unite Europe.

Democracies must have equilibrium... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized.

Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power - not just a trading bloc, but a political entity?

I don't want to pass a punitive law, or use politics as a vendetta.

The EU must take on new responsibilities. And these new responsibilities call for intensifying the integration process.

Moreover, resolving the mother of all problems - the Israeli-Palestinian question - requires cooperation between Europe and the U.S.

Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well.

We have to give ourselves a constitution which marks the birth of Europe as a political entity.

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe.

Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?

What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step but you have to take it.

I like to write a lot of satire.

In this autumn of 1919, in which I write, we are at the dead season of our fortunes.

I love dressing up and doing the red carpet every once in a while, but I am very much a jeans kinda girl, so it's all a little embarrassing for me.

I strive for honesty in playing what I feel.

Every action needs to be prompted by a motive.

[She] knew that it was not precisely a body that one loved. One loved the man who shone out through the eyes and used its mouth to smile and speak.

There is no Apocalypse.

If we do not make tough decisions now, future Americans will have to make even tougher ones.