Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.
BENITO MUSSOLINIWe 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.
More Benito Mussolini Quotes
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Speeches made to the people are essential to the arousing of enthusiasm for a war.
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Yes, a dictator can be loved. Provided that the masses fear him at the same time. The crowd love strong men. The crowd is like a woman.
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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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What is freedom? There is no such thing as absolute freedom!
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Statesman only talk of fate when they have blundered
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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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Liberty is a duty, not a right.
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All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.
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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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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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Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.
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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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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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Against individualism, the Fascist conception is for the State… Liberalism denied the State in the interests of the particular individual; Fascism reaffirms the State as the true reality of the individual.
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It’s good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.
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