Mattarella to young people “Thinking is an exercise in citizenship”

PIACENZA (ITALPRESS) – “Soliciting thought is an ambitious challenge” one must “think and reflect and not take sides with a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’ on others’ opinions, but elaborating one’s own opinions gives substance to our freedom and pushes to increase our knowledge. It is an exercise of citizenship: our Constitution exhorts one to make a contribution, which one can make if one thinks, if one thinks for oneself and if one elaborates a capacity for proposal.” President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella said this at the Festival of Contemporary Thinking in Piacenza. “I was thinking this morning about the many apps that provide opportunities, but also the risk of being passive: that’s why it’s always good to think about building the future, thinking on your own. It is fundamental in this which is the society of speed,” he added.

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