115 Quotes by Silvio Berlusconi

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.

We must be capable of speaking a language of peace, but not one of surrender.

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

I never understood where the satisfaction is when you're missing the pleasure of conquest.

Obviously the government of [Mussolini's] time, out of fear that German power might lead to complete victory, preferred to ally itself with Hitler 's Germany rather than opposing it ... The racial laws were the worst fault of Mussolini as a leader, who in so many other ways did well.

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

It's better to like beautiful girls than to be gay.

I'm not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. I'll try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to.

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.