Giulio Andreotti Quotes
Aside from the Punic Wars, which I was too young for, I have been blamed for everything.
The Punic Wars were wars of Ancient Rome. Most chief executives of democracies tend to get blamed for almost everything that is not ideal. However, most of them tend to take credit for anything good that happens whether or not they had anything to do with it.
Giulio Andreotti, Italian Prime Minister, Quoted in Alexander Stille, “All the prime minister's men,” The Independent, September 24, 1995
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Although Emperor Hirohito had the status of a God, and his Prime Minister and Chief of the Military testified that they had never disobeyed the Emperor {587278}, there was a thorough attempt to whitewash the Emperor’s role—{587279}. Few Japanese, even years later would suggest that Hirohito might bear some personal responsibility. The Mayor was one of the few who made the statement of the obvious. He received 181 death threats and he was shot shortly thereafter by a right wing supporter of the Emperor’s.
Giulio Andreotti OMI SMOM OCSG OESSH was an Italian politician and statesman who served as the 41st Prime Minister of Italy (1972–1973, 1976–79 and 1989–92) and leader of the Christian Democracy party; he was the sixth longest-serving Prime Minister since the Italian Unification and the second longest-serving post-war Prime Minister, after Silvio Berlusconi. Andreotti is widely considered the most powerful and prominent politician of the so-called First Republic.
