“The first law I passed in my cabinet was a law eliminating the double ...” — Enrico Letta Quote

“The first law I passed in my cabinet was a law eliminating the double salary for the prime minister and the ministers. I have a salary as member of parliament. I don't want a double salary. So it was a very important decision.”

“My goal and mission is to be very strong in avoiding back steps. I leave judgments, evaluations and analysis to the media, then to the observers.”

“To see how many Italians are going out of Italy, the sort of exodus, a great generation leaving my country, I think is the worst nightmare for me as prime minister but also for the country, of course.”

“Today, parliaments are more important because of the need of legitimacy, of the popular legitimacy, of public opinion legitimacy of politics. Parliaments are, at the end of the day, the only true legitimacy.”

“The very things that I would love about Barack and that you would love about Barack is that he is one of us. He's a normal guy. He's not a political animal.”

“Indian president does not determine policy. Here President is not the policy maker. In the name of the president, the cabinet takes the policy decision.”

“And because of President Obama, more women than ever are serving in the Cabinet and on the Supreme Court.”

“Going to a grammar school, you mixed with all sorts of different types and I used to listen to how they talked. When I did my imitations, I could sound like someone really rough, or I could sound like a cabinet minister.”

“We want diversity in the cabinet. We want diversity reflected throughout the government.”

“Our virtuous system is already corrupt. Does anyone seriously think that cabinet ministers or captains of industry or powerful officials wait in the same lines as the rest of us?”

“The idea that talent is directly proportional to your trophy cabinet is one I oppose.”