Silvio Berlusconi Quotes & Sayings

We are not a civilized country if we can read in a newspaper what a lady tells her boyfriend or husband. — Silvio Berlusconi

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. — Silvio Berlusconi

Berlusconi's advice to Italians trying to escape poverty: "Do it my way and earn more money". — Silvio Berlusconi

It's better to be passionate about beautiful women than gay men. — Silvio Berlusconi

If I, taking care of everyone's interests, also take care of my own, you can't talk about a conflict of interest. — Silvio Berlusconi

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

In Italy, I am almost seen as German for my workaholism. Also I am from Milan, the city where people work the hardest. Work, work, work - I am almost German. — Silvio Berlusconi

Only I can turn this country around. — Silvio Berlusconi

It's a great sacrifice to do what I'm doing. I'm not having fun at all ... What a brutal job! — Silvio Berlusconi

Only Napoleon did more than I have done. But I am definitely taller. — Silvio Berlusconi

The life in Italy is the life of a wealthy country: consumptions haven't diminished, it's hard to find seats on planes, our restaurants are full of people. — Silvio Berlusconi

I unfortunately have never in my life been to a wild party. — Silvio Berlusconi

The Left loves the poor so much it creates more of them every time it gets into power. — 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. — Silvio Berlusconi

I always win, I'm cursed to win. — Silvio Berlusconi

I am absolutely sure to be the most democratic man to ever become Prime Minister in Italy. — Silvio Berlusconi

By definition, as a Prime Minister I cannot be a liar. — Silvio Berlusconi

When asked if they would like to have sex with me, 30% of women said, 'Yes', while the other 70% replied, 'What, again?' — Silvio Berlusconi

I don't need to go into office for the power. I have houses all over the world, stupendous boats ... beautiful airplanes, a beautiful wife, a beautiful family ... I am making a sacrifice. — Silvio Berlusconi

I was never convinced that war was the best system to bring democracy to the country. — Silvio Berlusconi

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

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

Mussolini never killed anyone, he just sent dissenters abroad for vacation. — Silvio Berlusconi

Italy is now a great country to invest in ... Today we have fewer communists and those who are still there deny having been one. Another reason to invest in Italy is that we have beautiful secretaries ... superb girls. — Silvio Berlusconi

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. — Silvio Berlusconi

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. — Silvio Berlusconi

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. — Silvio Berlusconi

I have little hair because my brain is so big it pushes the hair out. — Silvio Berlusconi

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

Mussolini never killed anyone. Mussolini used to send people on vacation in internal exile. — Silvio Berlusconi

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

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

A hungry man is not a free man. Freedom from hunger is a fundamental right. Without this freedom, such fundamental right cannot exist. — Silvio Berlusconi

I will take questions from the guys, but from the girls I want telephone numbers. — Silvio Berlusconi

In absolute terms, I am the most legally persecuted man of all times, in the whole history of mankind, worldwide. — Silvio Berlusconi

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. — Silvio Berlusconi

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

Bush will keep up that policy that gives the United State the role of promoting freedom in the world. — Silvio Berlusconi

I tell you the truth: if I lived in a country where there was no day appointed for elections, I would become a revolutionary, if not a terrorist. And that is because I love liberty too much; without liberty a man is not a man. He has no dignity. — Silvio Berlusconi

I am the Jesus Christ of politics. I am a patient victim, I put up with everyone, I sacrifice myself for everyone. — Silvio Berlusconi

The women of the Right are certainly the most beautiful the Left has no taste, not even when it comes to women. — Silvio Berlusconi

There is nothing new in Egypt. Egyptians are making history as usual. — Silvio Berlusconi

I'm 74 years old and, even though I may be a bit of a rascal, 33 girls in two months seems to me too much even for a 30-year-old. — Silvio Berlusconi