Mattarella: ‘The spirit of Italy is solidarity and altruism’

“You have grasped the sense of solidarity, the sense of duty interpreted as the sense of adhering to duty with dedication and conscience. You have gone further, you have interpreted the sense of duty and humanity in an open way, not only for the profession or activity but for the duty of humanity”. The President of the Republic said, Sergio Mattarella, at the awarding ceremony of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, underway at the Quirinale.

“You have represented what is actually the true spirit of our country, the true sense that Italy preserves and develops widely, of solidarity, altruism, openness to others”, added the president of the Republic.

“In Roman law there was a great step forward in civilization, when it was said that everyone’s freedom is limited by that of the others. In reality, this principle has been overcome, humanity goes forward in its civilization – he said Mattarella again -. Despite wars of aggression, despite oppression, despite the denial of women’s rights to study in some countries, humanity advances. Freedom, in reality, does not find a limit in that of others, but is achieved together to that of others. It is not full if those who are in our community do not enjoy it equally. You have interpreted this, and I am grateful to you for this. You, like many others, who cannot all be called to the Quirinale. You represent them all”. .

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