The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.

It 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.

The State, in fact, as the universal ethical will, is the creator of right.

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

Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands and an infinite scorn in our hearts.

I should be pleased, I suppose, that Hitler has carried out a revolution on our lines. But they are Germans. So they will end by ruining our idea.

Italy, wants peace and quiet, work and calm. I will give these things with love if possible and with force if necessary.