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The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue. ”
If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal. ”
The two great cultural and political currents of Italy have always only been concerned with the masses. ”
I felt that what is personal is political. ”
I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the citizens. ”
I sometimes feel like it's difficult for people to relate to me, until they spend, like, a day with me, and until they walk around with me in public. ”
When I first started campaigning to become an MP in 2004, we were suffering as a party because our hierarchy and leadership were totally detached from the party's membership. ”
I don't think we should be undermining our democracy. ”
All the evidence shows that establishing the habit of voting as early as possible is a vital tool in making sure that it's maintained throughout people's lives. ”
Our courts' decisions do not permeate the public consciousness - we have no equivalent of the Brown v Board of Education ruling which outlawed racial segregation, or of Roe v Wade, which enshrined a woman's right to choose not just into law but into the public imagination as well. ”