Attilio Piccioni

thumb|Attilio Piccioni Attilio Piccioni (14 July 1892 – 10 March 1976) was an Italian politician. He had been a prominent member of the Christian Democracy. Quotes [About the issue that Christian democracy be inspired by an integral Christianity] It's a shame that no one has ever explained to me what this means, how this formula can be translated and applied on a political and administrative level. Is this perhaps a Christian maximalism? In this case we would be doing the party a disservice. Morto Attilio Piccioni ex segretario della dc, La Stampa, 11 March 1976. Quotes about Attilio Piccioni has the gift of an apparent calm, which does not reveal internal worries even remotely. [...] Today Piccioni is a block. The Degasperian legacy stings those who find themselves dealing with it with its thorns. Arrigo Benedetti, quoted in La carriera di Piccioni,La Stampa, 28 May 1955. (About the politicians who will remain in the history of Christian Democracy) Dossetti, De Gasperi, but I could also add Piccioni, La Pira, Moro. People of that level, of that character, of that history, in the party I have never seen her again. Amintore Fanfani, quoted in Mauro Anselmo, Caro Mino guai se fallisci. Così ti direbbe De Gasperi, La Stampa, 25 June 1993. He was a good secretary. He was a skeptical Christian. He hated factionalism. Giulio Andreotti, quoted in Paolo Guzzanti, Tutti i segretari della mia vita Andreotti racconta 45 anni con i leader dc, La Stampa, 14 October 1992. External links Piccioni, Attilio Category:1892 births Category:1976 deaths Category:Politicians from Italy Category:Catholics from Italy