Emma Bonino Quotes (44 Quotes)

The individual couldn't find any attention in Italy.

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

In part, the parallel Serbian institutions exist because Kosovo Serbs have not been offered the necessary services to sustain their communities.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

We did not find the way out of all problems, but we do have more tools. Some principles are the same even though uncertainties remain.

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.

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

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

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

I was elected to the Parliament. I have kept my position as a politician in the Regional Parliament, where I am President of the Committee of Health.

In the labour market, women are favoured. There are prospects closer to our nature, and values that can be our own, not borrowed.

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.

The fact remains; chauvinism is prevailing.

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.

There were problems politicians wouldn't care to face. Personal issues were not worth their attention. Politics wouldn't enter kitchens or bedrooms.

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

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

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

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.

I think that public schools should not be allowed to teach any religion. The question is not whether to teach Islamic religion, but that we shouldn't teach the Catholic one either.

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

Definitely, that means that 2,700 will be losers, obviously. Now, how and if they will accept the result of the ballot, that is something that is still under discussion, due also to the cultural complexity of the Afghan society.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I think nowadays economic liberties are an explosive issue.

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.

I felt that what is personal is political.

I met the Radicals and we liked each other reciprocally.

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

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

I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.

My family had liberal positions.

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