Norberto Bobbio Quotes
Norberto Bobbio was an Italian legal and political philosopher and one of the principal voices of postwar Italian liberal democracy. After clandestine resistance to Fascism in his youth, he held the chair of philosophy of law and later of political philosophy at Turin for nearly five decades and was appointed senator for life in 1984. The quotes below are attributed to Norberto Bobbio, organized by topic.
Norberto Bobbio on Freedom
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Attributed to Norberto Bobbio:
“The rights of the citizen are the brakes upon the power of the state.”
Norberto Bobbio on Politics
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Attributed to Norberto Bobbio:
“Democracy is government by discussion under conditions of equality.”
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Attributed to Norberto Bobbio:
“Right and left remain meaningful so long as inequality remains.”
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Attributed to Norberto Bobbio:
“A theory of democracy is also a theory of its imperfections.”
Norberto Bobbio on Virtue
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Attributed to Norberto Bobbio:
“Tolerance is the respect that liberty owes to its own conditions.”