Liberty is a duty, not a right.
BENITO MUSSOLINIAgainst 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.
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It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity.
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The Government has been compelled to levy taxes which unavoidably hit large sections of the population.
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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.
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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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Three cheers for the war. Three cheers for Italy’s war and three cheers for war in general. Peace is hence absurd or rather a pause in war.
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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.
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We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance.
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The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.
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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.
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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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Youth is a malady of which one becomes cured a little every day.
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Fascism entirely agrees with Mr. Maynard Keynes, despite the latter’s prominent position as a Liberal. In fact, Mr. Keynes’ excellent little book,
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Believe, obey, fight.
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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.
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The State, in fact, as the universal ethical will, is the creator of right.
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