The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off.
BENITO MUSSOLINIThe 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.
More Benito Mussolini Quotes
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Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.
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One moment on the battlefield is worth a thousand years of peace.
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Journalism is not a profession, but a mission.
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I should be pleased, I suppose, that Hitler has carried out a revolution on our lines. But they are Germans. So they will end by ruining our idea.
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War is to man what motherhood is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.
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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.
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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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I have been a racist since 1921. I don’t know how they can think I’m imitating Hitler.
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We deny your internationalism, because it is a luxury which only the upper classes can afford.
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War is the normal state of the 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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It’s good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.
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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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It was only one life. What is one life in the affairs of a state?
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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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