Gianfranco Fini quotes

Gianfranco Fini is an Italian politician who played a significant role in the country’s postwar right-wing politics. A longtime leader of the Italian Social Movement and later the National Alliance, he was instrumental in transitioning the far-right into mainstream conservatism. He also served as President of the Chamber of Deputies and Deputy Prime Minister of Italy. Here are 14 of his quotes:

If you ask me:"An openly homosexual teacher can work as a teacher? I say no. (...) I'll not do anything to discriminate you, but I'll also not do anything to put your type of relationship on the same level of the natural family.

Gianfranco Fini

Resistants were on the right side, Salò Republic's combatants on the wrong one. One cannot equate who was fighting for a right cause of equality and freedom, and who, apart of goodfaith, was on the wrong side. The judgement of the Right [on Fascism] have to be negative, due to freedom limitation. We cannot deny ourselves history, and Fascism was a dictatorship that denied some fundamental freedoms.

Gianfranco Fini

Mussolini was the greatest political leader of the century.

Gianfranco Fini

Waiting for the implosion [of the government of Romano Prodi] is risking to turn into Waiting for Godot.

Gianfranco Fini

If we look at Somalia, Ethiopia and Lybia, to how they're reduced now, and to how they were before, with Italy, I think that this page of history will be rewritten and there will be a positive evaluation of the role of Italy.

Gianfranco Fini

I think the Mussolinean institution of a third way alternative to comunism is currently still very relevant.

Gianfranco Fini

Times are ripe to discuss about the vote right, at least on an administrative level, for immigrant persons.

Gianfranco Fini

Nobody can ask us to abjure our fascist roots.

Gianfranco Fini

Fascism was part of the absolute evil. (...) We have to denounce the ashaming pages in the history of our past. (...) There included all the pages related to the discrimination and the persecution of jews and, more in general, of minoritires. And therefore that one [The Italian Social Republic of Salò] is also included.

Gianfranco Fini

If there are rights or duties of people which are not guaranteed because they're part of a [de facto] union and not of a family, there will be the need of a legislative action to remove the disparity. Obviously, when talking about people I refer to everyone.

Gianfranco Fini

[On Mussolini as the greatest political leader of the century] The answer is in the things I've done in the last years. I don't think the same anymore, I would be schyzophrenic.

Gianfranco Fini

After 1994, we did many things. We had Fiuggi, there was a confrontation. I'd say that today one cannot say it for sure. Today, I would not say it again [that Mussolini was the greatest political leader of the century. ].

Gianfranco Fini