Montag, you’re looking at a coward. I saw the way things were going, a long time back. I said nothing. I’m one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to the ‘guilty,’ but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself.
And when finally they set the structure to burn the books, using the firemen, I grunted a few times and subsided, for there were no others grunting or yelling with me, by then.
Now it’s too late.

How familiar those words sound today. Look at Italy and they will fit today’s situation perfectly.

Dear friends, it’s up to each one of us to do something, to say our opinions out loud.
In Italy for too long there hasn’t been a guide, a good example of behavior and morality.
It is our fault, each one of us living in Italy who preferred to stay quiet and relaxed on the sofa instead of talking. And when nobody will listen to your words, then it will be time to scream, scream loudly!