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.
BENITO MUSSOLINIThe 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.
More Benito Mussolini Quotes
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Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep
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Youth is a malady of which one becomes cured a little every day.
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The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building.
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The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.
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The truth is that men are tired of liberty.
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For my part I prefer fifty thousand rifles to five million votes.
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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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[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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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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Italian journalism is free because it serves one cause and one purpose… mine!
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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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We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them.
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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.
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State ownership! It leads only to absurd and monstrous conclusions; state ownership means state monopoly, concentrated in the hands of one party and its adherents, and that state brings only ruin and bankruptcy to all.
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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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