Youth is a malady of which one becomes cured a little every day.

War 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.

Liberty is a duty, not a right.

This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth.

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.

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

Our future lies to the east and south, in Asia and Africa.