The 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 MUSSOLINILenin 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.
More Benito Mussolini Quotes
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Three cheers for war, noble and beautiful above all.
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Thirty centuries of history allow us to look with supreme pity on certain doctrines which are preached beyond the Alps by the descendants of those who were illiterate when Rome had Caesar, Virgil, and Augustus.
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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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The End of Laissez-Faire (1926) might, so far as it goes, serve as a useful introduction to fascist economics. There is scarcely anything to object to in it and there is much to applaud.
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We deny your internationalism, because it is a luxury which only the upper classes can afford.
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Silence is the only answer you should give to the fools. Where ignorance speaks, intelligence should not give advices.
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Three cheers for the war. Three cheers for Italy’s war and three cheers for war in general. Peace is hence absurd or rather a pause in war.
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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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If only we can give them faith that mountains can be moved, they will accept the illusion that mountains are moveable, and thus an illusion may become reality.
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This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth.
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The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises.
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Fascism recognises the real needs which gave rise to socialism and trade-unionism, giving them due weight in the guild or corporative system in which diverent interests are coordinated and harmonised in the unity of the State.
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We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty…
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We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance.
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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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For my part I prefer fifty thousand rifles to five million votes.
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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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On 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.
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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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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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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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Every anarchist is a baffled dictator.
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The fascist state is the corporate state.
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Liberty is no longer the virgin, chaste and severe, to be fought for … we have buried the putrid corpse of liberty … the Italian people are a race of sheep.
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It’s good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.
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