Bruno Trentin

Bruno Trentin (at right) together with Pierre Carniti

Bruno Trentin (1926 – 2007) was an Italian trade unionist and politician, General Secretary of Italian General Confederation of Labour from 1988 to 1994.

Quotes

  • I feel immense physical, intellectual and emotional fatigue, so much so that at times I feel like throwing myself to the side of the road and dying, just like that, from exhaustion, from an inability to express myself, from a lack of love for life and the struggle, and simply because I no longer want to fight and make myself understood.
    • Avverto un’immensa fatica fisica e intellettuale, affettiva, tanto che mi pare a momenti di dovermi gettare ai margini di un sentiero e di morire, così, per esaurimento, per incapacità di esprimermi, per disamore per la vita e la lotta, e semplicemente perché non ho più voglia di battermi e di farmi capire.
  • (About Robespierre) I feel culturally and psychologically distant from him, yet at the same time close to him on a human level when I rediscover him so alone, so tormented, so consistent (and uncertain) in his anxiety to live in accordance with his morals and hopes.

Quotes about

  • Trentin liked mountaineering. When there was a match with Italy, he rooted against them. Trentin gave off an air of intellectual coldness. But he was very nice. If we argued, we always ended up telling a joke.
    • A Trentin piaceva l'alpinismo. Quando c’era una partita con l'Italia tifava contro. Trentin dava una immagine di freddezza intellettuale. Ma era molto simpatico. Se discutevamo si finiva sempre con una barzelletta.

Bibliography

  • Iginia Ariemma (editor), Bruno Trentin. I diari 1988 - 1994, Ediesse, 2017