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 MUSSOLINIIt is not impossible to rule Italians, but it would be useless.
More Benito Mussolini Quotes
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We must give Italians a sense of race.
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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.
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It’s good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.
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National pride has no need of the delirium of race.
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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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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.
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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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You know what I think about violence. For me it is profoundly moral -more moral than compromises and transactions.
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Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.
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We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty…
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State intervention in economic production arises only when private initiative is lacking or insufficient, or when the political interests of the State are involved. This intervention may take the form of control, assistance or direct management.
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Liberty is a duty, not a right.
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The state reserves the right to be the sole interpreter of the needs of society.
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I owe most to Georges Sorel. This master of syndicalism by his rough theories of revolutionary tactics has contributed most to form the discipline, energy and power of the fascist cohorts.
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Democracy is talking itself to death. The people do not know what they want; they do not know what is the best for them.
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