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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/now-is-the-time-to-show-maximum-responsibility-it-is-not-the-time-to/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

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## More by Giorgio Napolitano

> [We must resist the temptation of once again turning America into the traditional bogeyman of the left.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/we-must-resist-the-temptation-of-once-again-turning-america-into-the/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

> [No part of Italian society should see itself as exempt from the effort to save Italy from collapse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/no-part-of-italian-society-should-see-itself-as-exempt-from-the/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

> [If the constitutional process is not brought to a successful conclusion before the European elections, then the whole process might run out of steam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/if-the-constitutional-process-is-not-brought-to-a-successful/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

> [It is a responsibility we perceive from the entire international community to protect the stability of the single currency as well as the European…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/it-is-a-responsibility-we-perceive-from-the-entire-international/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

> [Speaking from my experience as a person involved for a long time in building the European Union, it is important to have patience and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/speaking-from-my-experience-as-a-person-involved-for-a-long-time-in/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

> [Now is the time to show maximum responsibility. It is not the time to pay off old scores nor for sterile partisan recriminations. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/now-is-the-time-to-show-maximum-responsibility-it-is-not-the-time-to/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

> [The institutions of the European Union, and the states that belong to this union, each and every one, are paying the price of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/the-institutions-of-the-european-union-and-the-states-that-belong-to/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

> [The country will also need 'new forms of social welfare' instead of its current system which is excessively centred on pensions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/the-country-will-also-need-new-forms-of-social-welfare-instead-of-its/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

> [We owe it to our children to give them a dignified and hopeful future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/we-owe-it-to-our-children-to-give-them-a-dignified-and-hopeful-future/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

> [We have to continue our efforts with determination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/we-have-to-continue-our-efforts-with-determination/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

> [The principal of unity and indivisibility of the republic are the essential reference points.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/the-principal-of-unity-and-indivisibility-of-the-republic-are-the/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

> [This unprecedented crisis, which is without doubt the worst since the second world war, is not over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/this-unprecedented-crisis-which-is-without-doubt-the-worst-since-the/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

> [No one, no social group, can today avoid the commitment to contribute to the clean up of public finances in order to prevent the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/no-one-no-social-group-can-today-avoid-the-commitment-to-contribute/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

> [It's not just we Italians who are caught up in the difficulty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/it-s-not-just-we-italians-who-are-caught-up-in-the-difficulty/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

> [It takes a lot of effort to win back credibility after having lost it so heavily.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giorgio-napolitano/it-takes-a-lot-of-effort-to-win-back-credibility-after-having-lost-it/)

[Giorgio Napolitano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giorgio-napolitano/)

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