Fascism accepts the individual only insofar as his interests coincide with the state’s.
BENITO MUSSOLINIThere 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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The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative.
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The Fascist accepts life and loves it, knowing nothing of and despising suicide; he rather conceives of life as duty and struggle and conquest.
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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, 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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It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins.
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We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them.
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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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Youth is a malady of which one becomes cured a little every day.
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The Government has been compelled to levy taxes which unavoidably hit large sections of the population.
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For my part I prefer fifty thousand rifles to five million votes.
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National pride has no need of the delirium of race.
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Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.
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The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.
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The fascist state is the corporate state.
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The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.
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