Carlo Ciampi Quotations

I express my firmest condemnation of this new act of violence that, added with other cruel gestures carried out in that tormented country, does not help pacification or renewal,

Last Monday, a tragic series of errors, negligence and accidents suddenly cast us into darkness, tears, wounds and mourning.

is a place where chances of cooperation outnumber areas of competition.

The presence of foreign banks in Italy must not be seen to be an invasion, but a state of mutual enrichment.

The spirit of cooperation has limited the damage which unfortunately has been very grave in terms of human life, production and infrastructure,

Princess Margaret had conquered the affection of Italians, who will remember her cordial and human character,

A project once seen as utopian has become reality,

I'm proud to be able to call myself a European citizen, born in Italy.

The country will no longer tolerate a tragedy such as this, ... We need to know why this happened ... but for the moment we have to push on with the rescue effort, and we hope that not all hope is lost.