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.
BENITO MUSSOLINIThere 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.
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[The Fuhrer] is one of those lonely men of the ages on whom history is not tested, but who themselves are the makers of history.
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I owe most to Georges Sorel. This master of syndicalism by his rough theories of revolutionary tactics has contributed most to form the discipline, energy and power of the fascist cohorts.
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Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace.
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Believe, obey, fight.
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I want to make my own life a masterpiece.
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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.
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Speeches made to the people are essential to the arousing of enthusiasm for a war.
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Every anarchist is a baffled dictator.
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The Government has been compelled to levy taxes which unavoidably hit large sections of the population.
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Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.
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Religion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers.
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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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I’ve had my fill of Hitler. These conferences called by the ringing of a bell are not to my liking. The bell is rung when people call their servants. And besides, what kind of conferences are these? For five hours I am forced to listen to a monologue which is quite fruitless and boring
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The Fascist conception of the State is all-embracing; outside of it no human or spiritual values can exist, much less have value.
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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.
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