Postby Skippa » Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:20 pm
Walee Gacan iyo lug! Waa naf jaran. Here's the man in his own words:
On himself:
"The best political leader in Europe and in the world."
"There is no-one on the world stage who can compete with me."
"Out of love for Italy, I felt I had to save it from the left."
"The right man in the right job."
"I don't need to go into office for the power. I have houses all over the world, stupendous boats... beautiful airplanes, a beautiful wife, a beautiful family... I am making a sacrifice." :
On Mussolini:
"Mussolini never killed anyone. Mussolini used to send people on vacation in internal exile
On Danish PM Anders Fogh-Rasmussen:
"I think I should introduce him to my wife, because he is better-looking than (Massimo) Cacciari." [Mr Cacciari is a former mayor of Venice rumoured to be romantically attached to Mrs Berlusconi.]
On his conflict of interest as prime minister and one of Italy's biggest tycoons, with major media holdings:
"If I, taking care of everyone's interests, also take care of my own, you can't talk about a conflict of interest."
A joke about Aids told by Mr Berlusconi:
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."
His response to critics who said the joke was offensive:
"They have lost their minds; they really have come to the end of the line, indeed they have gone beyond it. I would advise them, too, to undergo sand treatment..."
A joke about Aids told by Mr Berlusconi:
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."
His response to critics who said the joke was offensive:
"They have lost their minds; they really have come to the end of the line, indeed they have gone beyond it. I would advise them, too, to undergo sand treatment..."
