There 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.

The fascist state is the corporate state.

You know what I think about violence. For me it is profoundly moral -more moral than compromises and transactions.

Speeches made to the people are essential to the arousing of enthusiasm for a war.

Thirty centuries of history allow us to look with supreme pity on certain doctrines which are preached beyond the Alps by the descendants of those who were illiterate when Rome had Caesar, Virgil, and Augustus.

Yes, 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.

The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.