Giovanni Giolitti Quotes

Giovanni Giolitti (October 27, 1842â"July 17, 1928) Italian statesman; Prime Minister of Italy five times.

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• Per i nemici le leggi si applicano, per gli amici si interpretano.
  • Laws are applied to enemies, but only interpreted as regards friends.

Comments made by Giolotti to parliament, 1900

• "It is irrational to think low wages help industry.

  Low wages mean a poor diet; an underfed worker is both physically and intellectually weak."