Liberty is no longer the virgin, chaste and severe, to be fought for … we have buried the putrid corpse of liberty … the Italian people are a race of sheep.
BENITO MUSSOLINIThis 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.
More Benito Mussolini Quotes
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The state reserves the right to be the sole interpreter of the needs of society.
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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.
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Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.
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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.
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It was only one life. What is one life in the affairs of a state?
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The End of Laissez-Faire (1926) might, so far as it goes, serve as a useful introduction to fascist economics. There is scarcely anything to object to in it and there is much to applaud.
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State intervention in economic production arises only when private initiative is lacking or insufficient, or when the political interests of the State are involved. This intervention may take the form of control, assistance or direct management.
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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.
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Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands and an infinite scorn in our hearts.
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You know what I think about violence. For me it is profoundly moral -more moral than compromises and transactions.
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As regards the Liberal doctrines, the attitude of Fascism is one of absolute opposition both in the political and in the economical field.
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If you acquit me, you will give me great pleasure. If you condemn me you will do me honour!
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Lenin is an artist who has worked men, as other artists have worked marble or metals. But men are harder than stone and less malleable than iron.
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The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises.
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If 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.
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