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.
BENITO MUSSOLINII’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
More Benito Mussolini Quotes
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I should be pleased, I suppose, that Hitler has carried out a revolution on our lines. But they are Germans. So they will end by ruining our idea.
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Peace is absurd: Fascism does not believe in it.
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War is to man what maternity is to 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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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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The state reserves the right to be the sole interpreter of the needs of society.
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It’s good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.
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Italian journalism is free because it serves one cause and one purpose… mine!
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Speeches made to the people are essential to the arousing of enthusiasm for a war.
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For us the national flag is a rag to be planted on a dunghill. There are only two fatherlands in the world: that of the exploited and that of the exploiters.
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The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.
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If two irreconcilable elements are struggling with each other, the solution lies in force. There has never been any other solution in history, and there never will be.
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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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Fascism is a religious concept.
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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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