There is the great, silent, continuous struggle: the struggle between the State and the Individual; between the State which demands and the individual who attempts to evade such demands. Because the individual, left to himself, unless he be a saint or hero, always refuses to pay taxes, obey laws, or go to war.
BENITO MUSSOLINIWar is to man what motherhood is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.
More Benito Mussolini Quotes
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All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.
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Thus understood, Fascism is totalitarian, and the Fascist State — a synthesis and a unit inclusive of all values — interprets, develops, and potentiates the whole life of a people.
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A century of Fascism. For if the nineteenth century was a century of individualism it may be expected that this will be the century of collectivism and hence the century of the State.
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Fascism is definitely and absolutely opposed to the doctrines of liberalism, both in the political and economic sphere.
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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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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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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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It is not impossible to rule Italians, but it would be useless.
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One moment on the battlefield is worth a thousand years of peace.
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It’s good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.
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Religion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers.
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Youth is a malady of which one becomes cured a little every day.
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The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists.
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What is freedom? There is no such thing as absolute freedom!
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Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep
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