Romano Prodi

He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts, more for support than illumination.

Democracies must have equilibrium... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized.

Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well.

The Constitution of the United States allows us to change; I don't have a problem with that.

It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.

When I write that I've known about something for a long time, that's not a boast. That's a confession. It's me acknowledging that I have withheld something important from the public.