Rocco Buttiglione
Rocco Buttiglione
Rocco Buttiglioneis an Italian Union of Christian and Centre Democrats politician and an academic...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth6 June 1948
CountryUnited States of America
country fall invest message send wants
We have to immediately send a message to the markets, to whomever wants to invest in Italy, that the country is not going to fall apart.
metal sort usual
metal detectors, X-rays, the usual sort of things.
choices family great point political search spotlight sustain
If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the family makes this great investment, from which we all benefit, but for which no-one helps. We have to point the spotlight on the family, and make political choices that sustain the family.
belongs firm italian people returned
We are firm on this point: what belongs to the Italian people must be returned to the Italian people,
approved creation document government headed leadership party secretary team withdraw work
The leadership of the UDC has approved a document to withdraw its team from the government and reiterates that the party secretary should work for the creation of a new government ... headed by Berlusconi,
artistic care cultural defence future great heritage italians responsibility today
The care and defence of our cultural and artistic heritage isn't only the state's responsibility. It is every Italian's, ... Italians must care for the great art they have around them today or it may not be there for future generations.
social function should
The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.
atheist want states
The new soft totalitarianism that is advancing on the left wants to have a state religion. It is an atheist, nihilistic religion - but it is a religion that is obligatory for all
christian past
The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no.
inspiration hierarchy needs
One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject of continuous democratic debate.
thinking support catholic
I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right to think - without saying whether I think it or not - I have the right to think, along with the catechism of the Catholic Church, that homosexuality is morally wrong.
sin priests
Priests have to have the right to say that a sin is a sin.
children giving facts
That's possible, and in fact the legislation, the politics should graduate the advantages towards those who have children and give less to those who don't have children.
law differences moral
No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference.