Democratic regimes may be defined as those in which, every now and then, the people are given the illusion of being sovereign, while the true sovereignty in actual fact resides in other forces which are sometimes irresponsible and secret.
BENITO MUSSOLINII 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.
More Benito Mussolini Quotes
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The Mediterranean will be turned into an Italian lake.
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Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands and an infinite scorn in our hearts.
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It is not impossible to rule Italians, but it would be useless.
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The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.
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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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Statesman only talk of fate when they have blundered
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The state reserves the right to be the sole interpreter of the needs of society.
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Lenin is an artist who has worked men, as other artists have worked marble or metals. But men are harder than stone and less malleable than iron.
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At every hour of every day, I can tell you on which page of which book each school child in Italy is studying.
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What the proletariat needs is a bath of blood.
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Race? It is a feeling, not a reality. Ninety-five per cent, at least. Nothing will ever make me believe that biologically pure races can be shown to exist today….
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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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[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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Life which should be high and full, lived for oneself, but not above all for others those who are at hand and those who are far distant, contemporaries, and those who will come after.
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For my part I prefer fifty thousand rifles to five million votes.
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