“And the Marshall Plan, to us, meant a general who had turned into a se...” — Giovanni Agnelli Quote

“And the Marshall Plan, to us, meant a general who had turned into a secretary of state, and that the secretary of state saw the necessity of the reconstruction of these European countries that had suffered so heavily.”

“The Communists at that moment were very strong in Italy, and the Italian Communist Party was the biggest Communist Party outside the Soviet Union.”

“Well, in 1947... in Europe and in Italy especially, we thought of America as all-powerful.”

“During the three decades of its existence, the effectiveness of the United Nations has, on the whole, tended to decrease, particularly in the field of peace and security and, more generally, all issues in which the developed countries feel they have important stakes.”

“This is my hobby. Reaching out, getting to know other people's cultures, traveling to other people's countries.”

“Part of protecting our homeland means being less dependent on foreign countries for our energy.”