The Italians had an election this week where they barely managed to vote out their crazy Primie Minister Silvio Berlusconi.? Though he’s still refused to concede, in the end he’ll no doubt leave office.? For those of you who don’t follow world politics here’s a run down.

Berlusconi is the worlds 25th richest person with an estimated 12 billion US dollars.? He helped found the Center-right party which won a majority in the 1994 elections just a few months after the party came into being.? He was elected Prime Minister but failed to hold his government together but was elected again in 2001.

Berlusconi made headlines with sensational quotes.? His ramblings covered everything from Jesus Christ to Italian history.? To see him off we’ve collectd some of the best blurbs we could find.

“I am the Jesus Christ of politics. I am a patient victim, I put up with everyone, I sacrifice myself for everyone.”

“Italy is now a great country to invest in… today we have fewer communists and those who are still there deny having been one. Another reason to invest in Italy is that we have beautiful secretaries… superb girls.”

“Mussolini never killed anyone. Mussolini used to send people on vacation in internal exile.”

“(I am) the best political leader in Europe and in the world.”

“Parma is synonymous with good cuisine. The Finns don’t even know what prosciutto is. I cannot accept this.”