Dr. Gino Strada, The Man for the Common Good

He was a giant among men, who to my mind fully deserves to be described as a friend to mankind,

renaissance man and bridge of healing and reconciliation between peoples, cultures, religions and civilisations.

“He was a man of principle and a man who believed in something.”

“There was a man who stood up and said what many of us believe: that the cause of so many problems in this world is war,

and militarisation, and the profiting of conflict. And he stood up and said: this is what we have to stop.”

“Gino Strada has brought the reasons of life where the war wanted to impose violence and death. He invoked the reasons of humanity where the clash canceled all respect for people. His testimony, given to the end of his life, has contributed to enriching the common heritage of values ​​such as solidarity and altruism, expressed, in a sometimes rough but always generous way, in the service of safeguarding the weakest people exposed to the consequences. of the conflicts that make the world bloodied ”.- The President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella