It’s good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.
BENITO MUSSOLINIIt’s good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.
BENITO MUSSOLINIFascism accepts the individual only insofar as his interests coincide with the state’s.
BENITO MUSSOLINIWhat the proletariat needs is a bath of blood.
BENITO MUSSOLINIThe history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.
BENITO MUSSOLINIFascism, 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.
BENITO MUSSOLINIIt is not impossible to rule Italians, but it would be useless.
BENITO MUSSOLINIAll within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.
BENITO MUSSOLINIFor the Fascist, everything is the State, and nothing human or spiritual exists, much less has value, outside the State. In this sense Fascism is totalitarian.
BENITO MUSSOLINIOn 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.
BENITO MUSSOLINIIt is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins.
BENITO MUSSOLINIAt every hour of every day, I can tell you on which page of which book each school child in Italy is studying.
BENITO MUSSOLINIThe press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.
BENITO MUSSOLINII’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
BENITO MUSSOLINIThe measures adopted to restore public order are: First of all, the elimination of the so-called subversive elements. … They were elements of disorder and subversion.
BENITO MUSSOLINIThe function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.
BENITO MUSSOLINIPeace is absurd: Fascism does not believe in it.
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