Emma Bonino Quotations

The knowledge of languages was very useful. I have a university degree in foreign languages and literature.

I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.

Women are clear-headed, they are more creative and for this reason, sometimes, also more fragile.

I felt that what is personal is political.

I am now concerned with women's issues in a different way: women from Afghanistan, from Cambodia.

A woman must combine the role of mother, wife and politician.

Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum.

Albania has to demonstrate that it is willing to be a reliable partner in the international community.

Women movements would form among the factory workers, a great mobilisation that destroyed the old models.

The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that.

I met the Radicals and we liked each other reciprocally.

My mother was a regular church-goer and was very tolerant.

I should have worried about taking responsibilities for which I was not ready.

I was thrown into the Parliament right away. From 1976 to 1978 I was concerned with the abortion issue, later on with that of divorce.

I was very restless, but finally I found my way.

I mean to defend the rights of individuals in a liberal prospect.

I think nowadays economic liberties are an explosive issue.

I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister.

Kosovo's destiny is clearly to join the European Union at some point.

Macedonia's handling of ethnic relations and other issues is encouraging.

Men don't have as many difficulties and are more supported to combine the different aspects of their life.

The EU should have consolidated its different presences and purposes in Kosovo earlier.

The two great cultural and political currents of Italy have always only been concerned with the masses.

We are aware of the strategic location of Kuwait, besides the stable region.

While many polling stations around the country opened late -- and maintaining the secrecy of the vote was not always achieved -- polling procedures were generally followed by election officials.

No one has left to flee the bombings, all I have spoken to have been expelled by force...we are faced with mass deportation,

Because of the regional context, because of where they come from, because of the complexity of the issue, without a strong commitment of the international community the Afghans know that they cannot do it themselves.

He has a different way of dealing with things and people, but he has demonstrated he can be very stubborn in his decisions. When he decides something, he definitely goes forward.

landmark in a very difficult fragile development towards democracy.

The states who prevented a force being deployed are an international scandal...an international disgrace, ... How can I tell them the Security Council doesn't see...doesn't listen...doesn't care.

The states who prevented a force being deployed are an international scandal... an international disgrace, ... How can I tell them the Security Council doesn't see... doesn't listen... doesn't care.

I invite him to keep control of himself and to represent Italy in a dignified way.

I hope that Berlusconi ... will not turn the Brussels summit into yet another opportunity for a brawl.

My family had liberal positions.

I support the recommendations made by the International Crisis Group. The primary responsibility is for Kosovo Albanians to demonstrate that their treatment of minorities is adequate.

The individual couldn't find any attention in Italy.

The fact remains; chauvinism is prevailing.

I thought there had to be something I could do because it seemed crazy that, in addition to the psychological tragedy each woman has to face, came also all the rest.

My mother's studies stopped with the third year of primary school, my father with the first. They taught me a deep sense of duty. But nobody was involved in politics in my family.

all the witness reports we do receive suggest that there are massacres going on, that people are being eliminated, that there is ethnic cleansing going on.