Romano Prodi Quotes

"Berlusconi is no longer fit to lead our country."
- Romano Prodi
(Related: Country)

"But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe."
- Romano Prodi
(Related: Europe, Influence, Italy, Weight, World)

"Democracies must have equilibrium... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized."
- Romano Prodi
(Related: Politics, Information)

"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."
- Romano Prodi
(Related: Policy, Foreign policy, Sense, World)

"He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts, more for support than illumination."
- Romano Prodi
(Related: Statistics, Support)

"I am not overconfident."
- Romano Prodi

"It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one."
- Romano Prodi
(Related: Constitution)

"Italy is divided between us and them, rich and poor, north and south, young and old, employed and unemployed."
- Romano Prodi
(Related: Italy, Old, Poor)

"No one wants to lose their job, or cede the power they've acquired."
- Romano Prodi
(Related: Power, Job)

"The Italian economy is certainly the weakest of the big European countries."
- Romano Prodi
(Related: Countries, Economy)

"The problem of Italy is not really a question of age. Japan has an older population, and it is now in full economic recovery. The problem is that Italy is old in the structure of the society."
- Romano Prodi
(Related: Society, Age, Italy, Now, Old, Population, Question)

"Think what a revolution it will be if we manage to get everyone to pay their taxes."
- Romano Prodi
(Related: Revolution, Taxes, Will)

"Moreover, resolving the mother of all problems - the Israeli-Palestinian question - requires cooperation between Europe and the U.S."
- Romano Prodi
(Related: Mother, Cooperation, Europe, Problems, Question)

"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."
- Romano Prodi
(Related: Time, Italy, President, Want, Years)