Nobody can be rich and stupid for more than one generation.

- Romano Prodi

But Italy can only have any real influence on world affairs if it carries weight in Europe.

- Romano Prodi

Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power - not just a trading bloc, but a political entity?

- Romano Prodi

Democracies must have equilibrium... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized.

- Romano Prodi

We have to give ourselves a constitution which marks the birth of Europe as a political entity.

- Romano Prodi

Are we all clear that we want to build something that can aspire to be a world power? In other words, not just a trading bloc but a political entity.…

- Romano Prodi

So when you are faced with a decision on the euro, it is not surprising that many people are confused. They still try to squeeze the euro debate into…

- Romano Prodi

We must now face the difficult task of moving towards a single economy, a single political entity .. For the first time since the fall of the Roman E…

- Romano Prodi

The Italian economy is certainly the weakest of the big European countries.

- Romano Prodi