Fascism was little more than terrorist rule by corrupt gangsters. Mussolini was not corrupt himself but he did nothing except to rage impotently.

Fascism was little more than terrorist rule by corrupt gangsters. Mussolini was not corrupt himself but he did nothing except to rage impotently.

History is not another name for the past, as many people imply. It is the name for stories about the past.

We learn nothing from history except the infinite variety of men's behaviour.

Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman never gave offence to anyone not even the enemy.

Freedom does not always win. This is one of the bitterest lessons of history.

History gets thicker as it approaches recent times: more people, more events, and more books written about them. More evidence is preserved, often, one is tempted to say, too much. Decay and destruction have hardly begun their beneficent work.