Berlusconi Best Quotes & Sayings

What makes Berlusconi so interesting as a political phenomenon is the fact that he, as the most powerful politician in his country, acts more and more shamelessly: he not only ignores or neutralizes any legal investigation into the criminal activity that has allegedly supported his private business interests, he also systematically undermines the basic dignity associated with being the head of state. The dignity of classical politics is grounded in its elevation above the — Slavoj Zizek

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

Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi looks in the mirror and sees a playboy of the old school. And men such as Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Charlie Sheen no doubt look at Berlusconi and think, 'Role model!' Women, of course, know otherwise. They see him as an aging, pathetic buffoon. — Graydon Carter

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

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

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

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

It was an honor and a thrill to have the chance to meet His Holiness, Pope Benedict, and then to have lunch with Prime Minister Berlusconi ... I think Italy and the U. S. have a very strong friendship and relationship, and I'm proud of that. — Laura Bush

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

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

It can be said, truly said, that the Iraqi resistance is not just defending Iraq. They are defending all the Arabs and they are defending all the people of the world against American hegemony ... It's not the Muslims who are sick. It's Bush and Blair and Berlusconi who are sick. It's not the Muslims who need to be cured. It's the imperialist countries that need to be cured. — George Galloway

Bush, and Blair, and the prime minister of Japan, and Berlusconi, these people are criminals, and they are responsible for mass murder in the world, for the war, and for the occupation, through their support for Israel, and through their support for a globalized capitalist economic system, which is the biggest killer the world has ever known. — George Galloway

Maybe we like our politicians to appear like bumbling oafs. It certainly never did Ronald Reagan or George Bush any harm. The Italians still seem enamoured of Silvio Berlusconi - a man whose entry into a room is less likely to be greeted with the Italian national anthem than by the Benny Hill theme tune. — Rory Bremner

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

Andreotti had style and class; Berlusconi does not — Paolo Sorrentino

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

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

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

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

Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich. — Umberto Eco

Internet penetration in Italy is quite low and the Berlusconi media machine controls most of what people see. — Joichi Ito

Berlusconi faces trial for bedding women. If he was gay, no one would ever lay a finger on him. — Vladimir Putin

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

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

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

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