Quotes from Silvio Berlusconi

There is a natural right that says that when the state asks you for a third of what you earned through back-breaking work, this seems to you a reasonable demand and you give in. If the state asks you for more, or much more, then it is a clear abuse against you and then you try to find evasive ways to make you feel coherent to your intimate sense of morality and it doesn't make you feel ethically guilty.

About magistrates he said: "To do that kind of job you must be mentally disturbed. If they do that kind of job is because they are anthropologically different from the other human beings"

I'm a man of honour, a truthful person, a gentleman of absolute morality.

I always win, I'm cursed to win.

We must be aware of the superiority of our civilization, a system that has guaranteed well-being, respect for human rights and - in contrast with Islamic countries - respect for religious and political rights, a system that has as its value understanding of diversity and tolerance ... The West will continue to conquer peoples, even if it means a confrontation with another civilization, Islam, firmly entrenched where it was 1,400 years ago.

The political tradition of ancient thought, filtered in Italy by Machiavelli, says one thing clearly: every prince needs allies, and the bigger the responsibility, the more allies he needs.

I am certain that we need a solution completely separate from military intervention.

We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case.

Women are lining up to marry me. Legend has it, I know how to do it.

I'm a man of honour, a truthful person, a gentleman of absolute morality .

Because of my personal history, my professional skills and my business achievements, I am a man nobody can expect to compare himself with.

On the contrary, I tried on numerous occasions to convince the American president not to go to war. I did what was within my capabilities to avoid that happening.

The link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom.

Only Napoleon did more than me. But I'm taller than him.