Emma Bonino Quotes
"Women are clear-headed, they are more creative and for this reason, sometimes, also more fragile."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Women, Reason)
"My family had liberal positions."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Family, Liberal)
"My mother was a regular church-goer and was very tolerant."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Mother, Church)
"Men don't have as many difficulties and are more supported to combine the different aspects of their life."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Life, Men, Difficulties)
"My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Family, Politics, Father, Mother, Deep, Duty, First, School, Sense)
"The EU should have consolidated its different presences and purposes in Kosovo earlier."
- Emma Bonino
"The individual couldn't find any attention in Italy."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Attention, Italy)
"The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Knowledge, Literature, University)
"The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Independence, Will)
"We are aware of the strategic location of Kuwait, besides the stable region."
- Emma Bonino
"I think nowadays economic liberties are an explosive issue."
- Emma Bonino
"Women movements would form among the factory workers, a great mobilisation that destroyed the old models."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Women, Old, Workers)
"Macedonia's handling of ethnic relations and other issues is encouraging."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Encouraging)
"The two great cultural and political currents of Italy have always only been concerned with the masses."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Italy)
"I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Positive, Flexibility)
"Kosovo's destiny is clearly to join the European Union at some point."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Destiny)
"A woman must combine the role of mother, wife and politician."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Mother, Wife, Woman)
"Albania has to demonstrate that it is willing to be a reliable partner in the international community."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Community)
"I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Politics)
"I am now concerned with women's issues in a different way: women from Afghanistan, from Cambodia."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Women, Afghanistan, Now)
"I felt that what is personal is political."
- Emma Bonino
"I mean to defend the rights of individuals in a liberal prospect."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Rights, Liberal)
"I met the Radicals and we liked each other reciprocally."
- Emma Bonino
"I should have worried about taking responsibilities for which I was not ready."
- Emma Bonino
"I support the recommendations made by the International Crisis Group. The primary responsibility is for Kosovo Albanians to demonstrate that their treatment of minorities is adequate."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Crisis, Responsibility, Support, Treatment)
"I thought there had to be something I could do because it seemed crazy that, in addition to the psychological tragedy each woman has to face, came also all the rest."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Thought, Rest, Tragedy, Woman)
"I was thrown into the Parliament right away. From 1976 to 1978 I was concerned with the abortion issue, later on with that of divorce."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Abortion, Divorce, Parliament, Right)
"I was very restless, but finally I found my way."
- Emma Bonino
"Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum."
- Emma Bonino
(Related: Constitution, First, Open)