The principal of unity and indivisibility of the republic are the essential reference points.

The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions.

Speaking from my experience as a person involved for a long time in building the European Union, it is important to have patience and efforts to build a community of nations.

No part of Italian society should see itself as exempt from the effort to save Italy from collapse.

Now is the time to show maximum responsibility. It is not the time to pay off old scores nor for sterile partisan recriminations. It is time to re-establish a climate of calmness and mutual respect.

It's not just we Italians who are caught up in the difficulty.

We owe it to our children to give them a dignified and hopeful future.

It is a responsibility we perceive from the entire international community to protect the stability of the single currency as well as the European frame work.

If the constitutional process is not brought to a successful conclusion before the European elections, then the whole process might run out of steam.

It takes a lot of effort to win back credibility after having lost it so heavily.

Travel is fatal to narrowmindedness, prejudice and bigotry.

Fear is just like mist. Don’t let it disorient you from living outside God's palm. Acknowledge it, then take any one step in any one direction... and repeat.

There is something permanent, and something extremely profound, in owning a home.

A lot of time it is hard to break into the commercial world and that has only to do with money and that has nothing to do with being female or male.

I have learned to not let a bad race or failure bring me down, and always walking away with something positive and learning from mistakes so I can be better or stronger next time.

Giving people equal access to enjoying the benefits of America is the biggest problem that we're not making any progress in resolving.

Alright guys, I want to get out there and vote tomorrow. And not because it's cool, because it's not. You know what is cool? Smoking. Smoke while you vote.

It's so much easier to suggest solutions when you don't know too much about the problem.

If I should have a daughter… I’m gonna paint the solar system on the backs of her hands so she has to learn the entire universe before she can say ‘oh I know that like the back of my hand.

In terms of security for wildlife and our society, it's an incredibly alarming situation, and we need to address that.