Umberto Eco has sent this letter to Furio Colombo, Paolo Flores d'Arcais, Pancho Pardi, promoters of the event on 8 July in Piazza Navona. Dear Friends, I express my sympathy for your event, I want it served to remind everyone that two points is often tempted to forget: 1) Democracy does not mean that the majority is right. It means that the majority has the right to rule. 2) Democracy does not mean therefore that the minority is wrong. It means that, while respecting the rule of the majority, it is expressed out loud every time I think the majority is wrong (or even do things contrary to law, morals and the very principles of democracy), and must always do so in the strongest terms because this is the mandate we received from citizens. When the majority claims that it is always right and the minority does not dare to react, then democracy is in danger.
Umberto Eco
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