- Libera Valente: So are you worried that freedom of thought is a bad thing?
- Matteo Zanoni: Here we go - freedom of thought? Have you decided to banish fascism on your own?
- Libera Valente: That 's not what I expect - gut if all Italians were like me, things would be different.
- Matteo Zanoni: How boring.
- Libera Valente: I can't keep quiet, Matteo. I'm not like that.
- Libera Valente: Forget about becoming my husband. Marriage is a middle-class convention! Down with the *Duce*!
- Carlo - Libera's son, as a boy: The *Duce* who is our leader was born in Predappio, in the province of Foil in 1883. His mother, Rosa Mantoni, was a teacher like him, whereas his father...
- Libera Valente: It would have been better if he'd jerked off.
- Carlo - Libera's son, as a boy: What?
- Felice Valente - Libera's father: There are more ideas in a brigand's rifle than in a democrat's head.
- Matteo Zanoni: You know what we can do? I'll take you to a restaurant. Then we can go to the movies. Then we can make love. Okay?
- Franco Testa: We've not been introduced yet. My name's Franco Testa and yours?
- Libera Valente: Libera Valente.
- Franco Testa: Ah.
- Libera Valente: Right.
- Franco Testa: I know know you well - free love, anarchy. I know a great deal about you. We're certainly not on the same side of the fence.
- Libera Valente: Exactly. Therefore we'd both better return to our places. Or should I say trench.
- Libera Valente: What did I say that was so bad? Let them intern those who don't have the same ideas as them.
- Matteo Zanoni: I think that disturbing a public ceremony is a crime even in a democratic country.
- Libera Valente: But I'm not a democrat. I'm an anarchist.
- Matteo Zanoni: They come in boxes he who knows removes and who knows puts.
- Libera Valente: What?
- Matteo Zanoni: Some people are born to attack and some to be attacked. I was born to be attacked. But, I swear, Libera, I've always admired you. And maybe you're right.
- Political Internee - afterwards CLN President: Mrs. Zanoni, Libera, in a democracy, once the storm is over everyone has to return to their posts. Some people work in the fields. Others in factories. Others run things or work in politics. The place for a woman like you who has fought and suffered should be at home now, where you can finally spend time with your family.
- Libera Valente: You're saying that I acted like a madwoman for 20 years. I learnt lots of things from the war. They never stopped persecuting me. Now you're persecuting me. Let those gentlemen recreate Italy with the Fascists. I'm going to reread my recipe for Minestrone.