I am and I will remain a populist, because those who listen to the people are doing their job, whereas the radical chic who disgust workers are no longer wanted by the people.

I don't do my job as minister based on polls.

Changing Europe is a big goal. But I think it is at our fingertips.

Who would have thought we would be part of a winning coalition in Molise and Sicily? That we would win in places like Siena, Viterbo, Pisa, and Terni?

No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

The young in this country, and you fellows are young by my reckoning, have a right to be concerned about the course that our government, the Federal Government, is taking under President Bush.

I think everyone knows how much of a joint effort being in politics is. It requires all kinds of sacrifices and all kinds of support.