Doctrine Quotes by Indro Montanelli

An Italian university is a contradiction in terms.

— Indro Montanelli

The only advice that I'm in the mood to give - and that I give regularly - to young people is this: fight for…

— Indro Montanelli

Men do not know how to appreciate and measure luck except that of others. Their own never.

— Indro Montanelli

You give Italy Jesus Christ and you get the Roman Catholic Church.

— Indro Montanelli

Politicians do nothing but ask of us, during every expiration of a legal statute, "a gesture of trust." But here trust is not enough;…

— Indro Montanelli

The love of power excludes all others.

— Indro Montanelli

Cynics are all moralists, and merciless too.

— Indro Montanelli

[Addressed to Berlusconi who wanted to impose himself on the editorial style of "Il Giornale"] In the art of entrepeneurship, you are certainly a…

— Indro Montanelli

Certainly, for a newspaper director, to have within arm's reach a Travaglio, about whom every starring actor, supporting cast and extra of Italian political…

— Indro Montanelli

Fascism rewarded jackasses in uniform. Democracy gives privileges to those in sports' gear. In Italy, political regimes come to pass. Jackasses remain. Triumphant.

— Indro Montanelli

Italian husbands, in order to buy their wives a fur coat, spend more than all their European collegues.

— Indro Montanelli

Servitude, in many cases, is not forced upon by the masters, but a temptation of the servants.

— Indro Montanelli