Tina Anselmi

thumb|Tina Anselmi Tina Anselmi (25 March 1927 – 1 November 2016) was an Italian politician. A member of the Italian resistance movement during World War II, she went on to become the first woman to hold a ministerial position in an Italian government. Quotes (At the funeral of Nilde Iotti) She had a conception of democracy in which a political opponent is a friend. She always considered the other person’s point of view. Quoted in Politici e gente comune per l'addio a Nilde Iotti, Repubblica.it, 6 December 1999. Credo che la giornata più difficile, più dolorosa, sia stata sicuramente quella del comunicato del Lago della Duchessa [18 aprile 1978]. Fu un momento molto doloroso, molto difficile, quello di dire alla moglie e ai figli che c'era questa ipotesi di una possibile uccisione di Aldo Moro. Tuttavia non posso dimenticare che quando i figli e io stessa ci mettemmo a piangere, la signora Moro, con una grandissima forza d'animo, prima ci invitò a pregare e poi disse: "Vabbè, aspettate un momento che vado a farvi un buon caffè; ci vuole un buon caffè". E così fece. Passai con loro parecchie ore, perché appunto si era in attesa di qualche conferma o di qualcosa che smentisse il comunicato. I believe the most difficult, most painful day was undoubtedly the day of the statement from Lago della Duchessa [18 April 1978]. It was a very painful, very difficult moment, having to tell my wife and children that there was this possibility of Aldo Moro having been killed. However, I cannot forget that when the children and I began to cry, Mrs Moro, with tremendous fortitude, first invited us to pray and then said: ‘Never mind, wait a moment whilst I go and make you a nice cup of coffee; we need a nice cup of coffee’. And so she did. I spent several hours with them, because we were waiting for some confirmation or something to refute the statement. Quoted in the TV programme La notte della Repubblica, Rai 2, 28 February 1990. Il mio rammarico è che non si è voluto continuare a indagare, a studiare il nostro lavoro, ad andare fino in fondo, a leggere, a soppesare i 120 volumi degli atti della Commissione, che tutti potrebbero consultare, che si trovano nella biblioteca della Camera My regret is that there was no desire to continue investigating, to study our work, to get to the bottom of it, to read and weigh up the 120 volumes of the P2 Commission's records, which anyone could consult and which are held in the Chamber's library.. La P2 nei diari segreti di Tina Anselmi, Anna Vinci and Dacia Maraini (editors), Chiarelettere, p. 20. ISBN 8861901913. Quotes about The Constitution was her civil Gospel. The Constitution "born of the Resistance": she often quoted it and used it as a compass, as a point of reference when she had to make political decisions. Gianni Barbacetto, quoted in Anselmi, che vita: Resistenza, Costituzione, lotta alla P2, Il Fatto Quotidiano; reported in Giannibarbacetto.it, 2 November 2016. Tina Anselmi is a very likeable woman. [...] She has a serious, frank and straightforward manner, down-to-earth, without insincere modesty or off-putting arrogance. She has a beautiful, ever-present smile and a lovely, clear complexion. She possesses that special phlegmatic serenity and human understanding towards everyone which are the qualities of a mediator by vocation. Lietta Tornabuoni, quoted in Quella donna piace, La Stampa, 3 December 1981. External links Category:1927 births Category:2016 deaths Category:Women politicians in Italy Category:Catholics from Italy