Author: Dario Fo

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It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.

It is hard for power to enjoy or incorporate humour and satire in its system of control.

- Dario Fo

All forms of power - even based on the consensus of the democratic system - react when they are being attacked, or when those who exercise power become a target.

All forms of power - even based on the consensus of the democratic system - react when they are being attacked, or when those who exercise power become a target.

- Dario Fo

Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics.

Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics.

- Dario Fo

A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.

A theatre, a literature, an artistic expression that does not speak for its own time has no relevance.

- Dario Fo

For some time it's been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it.

For some time it's been my habit to use images when preparing a speech: rather than write it down, I illustrate it.

- Dario Fo

Satire can always be found everywhere. A people without love for satire is a dead people.

Satire can always be found everywhere. A people without love for satire is a dead people.

- Dario Fo

We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression.

We thought the church had withdrawn from interfering in Italian politics... but instead there is a terrible resurgence. These are ugly signs for freedom of expression.

- Dario Fo

Nevertheless, the mode, the justification, and all the games involved in this war were dishonest.

Nevertheless, the mode, the justification, and all the games involved in this war were dishonest.

- Dario Fo

When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.

When I was a boy, unconsciously, spontaneously I learned the art of telling ironic stories.

- Dario Fo

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