I can think that you are mistaken, but I have to be ready to give my life to maintain your right to make mistakes. I have to, though, have the right to say that you’re mistaken. This is the principal of the liberal society. Rocco Buttiglione Read Quote
Relativism should be confronted where it damages fundamental human rights, because we’re not relativists if we believe that the human being should be at the centre of society and the rights of every human being should be respected. Rocco Buttiglione Read Quote
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. Rocco Buttiglione Read Quote
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. Rocco Buttiglione Read Quote
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. Rocco Buttiglione Read Quote
On the other hand, I think that the family, the traditional family, has a fundamental social role, because it’s there that children are born and the investment in children is the greatest investment a country can make. The benefits of this investment go to everyone. Rocco Buttiglione Read Quote
I think the State shouldn’t poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults. Rocco Buttiglione Read Quote
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. Rocco Buttiglione Read Quote
