Aim to expand Italy’s role in the world by making it useful, reliable, and indispensable to others.

Use diplomacy, business, and politics together as tools of the same mission.

Defend independence of action, even when it provokes powerful opponents.

Look beyond short-term profit to long-term strategic leverage.

Treat industrial development as a form of public service and national reconstruction.

Be willing to take calculated risks when the strategic payoff is large.