Italy, wants peace and quiet, work and calm. I will give these things with love if possible and with force if necessary.
Benito MussoliniThe Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building.
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 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 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 Mussolini