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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.

Benito Mussolini

The Italian people are disciplined, silent and calm, they work and know that there is a Government which governs, and know, above all, that if this Government hits cruelly certain sections of the Italian people, it does not so out of caprice, but from the supreme necessity of national order.
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Above Caprice Country Discipline Government People Person Supreme
Against individualism, the Fascist conception is for the State… Liberalism denied the State in the interests of the particular individual; Fascism reaffirms the State as the true reality of the individual.
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Against Conception Fascist Individualism State
It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity.
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Citizen Civic Consciousness Educate Mission State Unity
The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Country Free Long Other Press Regime Support
The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises. It’s either Us or Them!
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Between Compromise Democracy Either Fascism Permit Struggle Them Two World
You know what I think about violence. For me it is profoundly moral -more moral than compromises and transactions.
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Compromise Know Moral More Profound Transaction Violence
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.
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Each Other Element Force Irreconcilable Lie Solution Struggle Two
I want to make my own life a masterpiece.
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Life Make Masterpiece Own Want
The new cycle which begins with the ninth year of the Fascist regime places the alternative in even greater relief either we or they, either their ideas or ours, either our State or theirs!
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Alternative Begin Cycle Even Fascist Greater New Place Regime relief State Year
Thus understood, Fascism is totalitarian, and the Fascist State — a synthesis and a unit inclusive of all values — interprets, develops, and potentiates the whole life of a people.
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Fascist People Potentiate State Synthesis Totalitarian Understand Value
There is too much foolishness, too much lost motion. I have stopped the talk and the nonsense. I am a man of action. Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Action Beautiful Country Day Democracy Foolishness Lost Man Motion Nonsense Some Stop
Statesman only talk of fate when they have blundered
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Blunder Fate Only Stateman Take
As regards the Liberal doctrines, the attitude of Fascism is one of absolute opposition both in the political and in the economical field.
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Absolute Attitude Doctrine Economic Fascism Field Liberal Opposition Political Regard
All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.
BENITO MUSSOLINI

All Need Nothing Outside State
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.
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Animal Appear Earth Epitaph Face Intelligent Lie One Tomb Want
We affirm that the true story of capitalism is now beginning, because capitalism is not a system of oppression only, but is also a selection of values, a coordination of hierarchies, a more amply developed sense of individual responsibility.
BENITO MUSSOLINI

Affirm Beginning Capitalism Only Oppression Selection Story System True

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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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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