Italian politician (1919-2013)
The judges are a big problem. Law is equal for everyone, except for them.
GIULIO ANDREOTTI
la Repubblica, Jan. 9, 2009
Power tires only those who do not have it.
GIULIO ANDREOTTI
London Independent, Apr. 5, 1992
My conscience is clear, because I know that in my conscience and in front of God I am guilty of nothing. I hope human justice will see at the same way.
GIULIO ANDREOTTI
interview with CNN reporter Bill Delaney, Sep. 24, 1995
Apart from the Punic Wars, I've been blamed for just about everything.
GIULIO ANDREOTTI
"Giulio Andreotti: le frasi celebri e gli aforismi", L'Huffington Post, Jun. 5, 2013
In church I feel very close to the publican of the parable.
GIULIO ANDREOTTI
interview with Roberto Gervaso, 1977
In politics, sunny days and rainy days can change very quickly.
GIULIO ANDREOTTI
"Giulio Andreotti: le frasi celebri e gli aforismi", L'Huffington Post, Jun. 5, 2013
If a citizen who's committed many crimes, instead of going to prison would say something against me or another politician, or against any other well known person ... I don't want to be disrespectful to anybody but someone who's killed twenty people could easily tell a lie.
GIULIO ANDREOTTI
interview with CNN reporter Bill Delaney, Sep. 24, 1995
My father died when I was two years old. But my mother was quite capable. She raised three children with his war pension which was peanuts. Yet we did not want for anything. We grew up with a certain parsimony, which is a nice thing. Then if life gives you more good, otherwise you get used to. I'm still thrifty.
GIULIO ANDREOTTI
la Repubblica, Jan. 9, 2009
Clericalism: the habitual confusion between that which is of Caesar, and that of God.
GIULIO ANDREOTTI
interview with Edmondo Aroldi, La lettura, 1977
I have some state secrets I will take with me to paradise.
GIULIO ANDREOTTI
la Repubblica, Jan. 9, 2009
I love Germany so much that I preferred when there were two.
GIULIO ANDREOTTI
"Giulio Andreotti: le frasi celebri e gli aforismi", L'Huffington Post, Jun. 5, 2013