“Politicians do nothing but ask of us, during every expiration of a legal statute, "a gesture of trust." But here trust is not enough; what's needed is an act of faith.”

—  Indro Montanelli

Controcorrente, 1974-1986.
1950s - 1990s

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Italian journalist 1909–2001

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