Silvio Berlusconi

Italian PM, bunga bunga parties

Contemporary weird famous 122 sayings

Sayings by Silvio Berlusconi

I wouldn't mind being resuscitated by you.

2009 — Said to a female doctor working in the L'Aquila earthquake disaster area
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I'd go with you anywhere. Take a look at her! I'd marry her if I weren't married already.

2007 — At an awards dinner, first to a dancer, then about Mara Carfagna
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The best-looking prime minister in Europe. I think I will introduce him to my wife because he is even more handsome than Cacciari.

2002 — Describing then Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen at a joint press conference
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One citizen is equal to another (in the eyes of the law) but perhaps this one is slightly more equal than the others, given that 50 per cent of Italians have given him the responsibility of governing the country.

2003 — Referring to himself, during an appearance at a corruption trial in Milan
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My party should rename itself 'Forza Gnocca!'

2011 — Told MPs from his ruling coalition on the sidelines of meetings in parliament, a play on 'Forza Ital…
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Ukraine throws this treaty to hell a year later and begins attacking the borders of the two republics. Both republics suffered losses among the military.

2022 — Leaked audio, appearing to blame Ukraine for Russia's invasion
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I don't deny my past friendship.

2022 — Leaked audio, referring to his friendship with Vladimir Putin
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An AIDS patient asks his doctor whether the sand treatment prescribed him will do any good. 'No', the doctor replies, 'but you will get accustomed to living under the earth'.

Unknown — Attributed joke
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You are more beautiful than you are intelligent.

2009 — Told opposition politician Rosy Bindi on live television
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Do you come? How many times?

2013 — Asked a female employee of a green-energy company on stage at an event
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It is clear to everyone that a mother cannot devote herself to a job and this would be a terrible job, because Rome is in such a terrible state.

2016 — Criticizing a pregnant candidate for mayor of Rome
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We need to decide whether we all go to the park and look at other people's babysitters, or if we create something new, which would be preferable.

2018 — To supporters in Milan, during a discussion on Italian jobs in the era of automation
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I will take questions from the guys, but from the girls I want telephone numbers.

Unknown — Unknown
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Thank you dear Father Massimiliano, I'll try not to let you down and I promise you two and a half months of complete sexual abstinence until April 9 [election].

2006 — To a preacher who praised him for defending family values
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The real Italian anomaly is not Silvio Berlusconi but communist prosecutors and communist judges in Milan who have attacked him again and again since he entered politics.

Unknown — Self-defense against legal challenges
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In absolute terms, I am the most legally persecuted man of all times, in the whole history of mankind, worldwide.

Unknown — Self-description
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If the left wing was to rule, the result would be misery, terror and death, like it happens in every place where communism rules.

Unknown — Political commentary
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The left has always been on the wrong side. They were against Hitler, but not against Stalin.

Unknown — Political commentary
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I never understood where the satisfaction is when you're missing the pleasure of conquest.

Unknown — Magazine interview, denying allegations that he pays for sex
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Look for a wealthy boyfriend. This suggestion is not unrealistic.

Unknown — Offering advice to women seeking financial stability at a political rally
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