Rocco Buttiglione Quotes

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

For Europe, the fall of Communism has to be taken into account, and the fact that in the fight against Communism the recovery of Europe's Christian roots was the driving force.

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.

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.

I think the State shouldn't poke its nose into the sexual relations of consenting adults.

The family has a social function and so it should be sustained.

The family exists in order to allow women to have children and to have the protection of a male who takes care of them.

We desecrated the traditional values, but new values didn't come along.

No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference.

Priests have to have the right to say that a sin is a sin.

The past was more Christian? At times perhaps, in others, though, no.