It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins.
Benito MussoliniIf I advance; follow me. If I retreat; kill me. If I die; avenge me! It is better to live one day as a lion than one-hundred years as a sheep!
Benito MussoliniOn the morrow of each conflict I gave the categorical order to confiscate the largest possible number of weapons of every sort and kind.
Benito MussoliniRace? It is a feeling, not a reality. Ninety-five per cent, at least. Nothing will ever make me believe that biologically pure races can be shown to exist today.... National pride has no need of the delirium of race.
Benito MussoliniWar alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.
Benito MussoliniIt is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity.
Benito MussoliniThere is the great, silent, continuous struggle: the struggle between the State and the Individual; between the State which demands and the individual who attempts to evade such demands. Because the individual, left to himself, unless he be a saint or hero, always refuses to pay taxes, obey laws, or go to war.
Benito MussoliniI've had my fill of Hitler. These conferences called by the ringing of a bell are not to my liking. The bell is rung when people call their servants. And besides, what kind of conferences are these? For five hours I am forced to listen to a monologue which is quite fruitless and boring
Benito MussoliniIt is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.
Benito MussoliniReligion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers.
Benito MussoliniThere is a violence that liberates, and a violence that enslaves; there is a violence that is moral and a violence that is immoral.
Benito MussoliniIf two irreconcilable elements are struggling with each other, the solution lies in force. There has never been any other solution in history, and there never will be.
Benito MussoliniThe fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off.
Benito MussoliniGiven that the nineteenth century was the century of Socialism, of Liberalism, and of Democracy, it does not necessarily follow that the twentieth century must also be a century of Socialism, Liberalism and Democracy: political doctrines pass, but humanity remains, and it may rather be expected that this will be a century of authority ... a century of Fascism. For if the nineteenth century was a century of individualism it may be expected that this will be the century of collectivism and hence the century of the State.
Benito MussoliniIt is my conviction that in time of war, when the cannon speaks with its powerful voice, the less we speak the better.
Benito MussoliniFascism, in so far as it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace. It thus repudiates the doctrine of Pacifism - born of a renunciation of struggle and an act of cowardice in the face of sacrifice. War alone brings up to its highest tension all human energy and puts the stamp of nobility upon the people who have the courage to meet it.
Benito MussoliniThe measures adopted to restore public order are: First of all, the elimination of the so-called subversive elements. ... They were elements of disorder and subversion. On the morrow of each conflict I gave the categorical order to confiscate the largest possible number of weapons of every sort and kind. This confiscation, which continues with the utmost energy, has given satisfactory results.
Benito MussoliniI owe most to Georges Sorel. This master of syndicalism by his rough theories of revolutionary tactics has contributed most to form the discipline, energy and power of the fascist cohorts.
Benito MussoliniWar is to man what motherhood is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.
Benito MussoliniTomorrow, the Tripartite Pact will become an instrument of just peace between the peoples. Italians! Once more arise and be worthy of this historical hour! We shall win.
Benito MussoliniAs regards the Liberal doctrines, the attitude of Fascism is one of absolute opposition both in the political and in the economical field.
Benito Mussolini[The Fuhrer] is one of those lonely men of the ages on whom history is not tested, but who themselves are the makers of history.
Benito MussoliniThe Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists.
Benito MussoliniFascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.
Benito MussoliniWe affirm that the true story of capitalism is now beginning, because capitalism is not a system of oppression only, but is also a selection of values, a coordination of hierarchies, a more amply developed sense of individual responsibility.
Benito MussoliniThree cheers for the war. Three cheers for Italy's war and three cheers for war in general. Peace is hence absurd or rather a pause in war.
Benito MussoliniIf relativism signifies contempt for fixed categories and those who claim to be the bearers of objective immortal truth, then there is nothing more relativistic than Fascist attitudes and activity. From the fact that all ideologies are of equal value, we Fascists conclude that we have the right to create our own ideology and to enforce it with all the energy of which we are capable.
Benito MussoliniWe become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance.
Benito MussoliniDemocracy is a kingless regime infested by many kings who are sometimes more exclusive, tyrannical and destructive than one, even if he be a tyrant.
Benito MussoliniYes, a dictator can be loved. Provided that the masses fear him at the same time. The crowd love strong men. The crowd is like a woman.
Benito MussoliniIf only we can give them faith that mountains can be moved, they will accept the illusion that mountains are moveable, and thus an illusion may become reality.
Benito MussoliniWe deny your internationalism, because it is a luxury which only the upper classes can afford.
Benito MussoliniIf you acquit me, you will give me great pleasure. If you condemn me you will do me honour!
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