History Quote by Tim Parks

“it was through constructing a network of railways across some of Europe’s most arduous terrain that the newly formed Italian nation won a reputation…

— Tim Parks

“It was to be, and still is, an absolute staple of the Italian railways, whether public or private, that in some way or other,…

— Tim Parks

“Remember that it's only by going off the track that you get to know the country...And don't, let me beg you, go with that…

— Anonymous

“Italy has been made; now it remains to make Italians”

— Massimo D'Azeglio

“One of the great joys of traveling through Italy is discovering firsthand that it is, indeed, a dream destination.”

— Debra Levinson

Clear precise aim: that of creating a unified and independent Italy.

— Petrucelli Della Gattina

“Direct popular government of a state larger than a city state had already failed therefore in Italy, because as yet there was no public…

— H.G. Wells

I understand that Italy could have been associated with the idea of an undisciplined country in the past.

— Mario Monti

“With Italy made, we must now make the Italians.” That’s what one Italian political leader said after the unification of Italy. A century and…

— Jean F. Blashfield

“Travel in Italy has always been difficult because of the hills and mountains. The Romans of ancient Italy were great engineers, and about 2,000…

— Marilyn Tolhurst

“Italy has been a single, united country only since 1870. For many centuries before this, it was a collection of independent “city states.” Each…

— Marilyn Tolhurst

If we look at Somalia, Ethiopia and Lybia, to how they're reduced now, and to how they were before, with Italy, I think that…

— Gianfranco Fini