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.
BENITO MUSSOLINILet us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands and an infinite scorn in our hearts.
More Benito Mussolini Quotes
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The truth is that men are tired of liberty.
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It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity.
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The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.
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Democratic regimes may be defined as those in which, every now and then, the people are given the illusion of being sovereign, while the true sovereignty in actual fact resides in other forces which are sometimes irresponsible and secret.
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It is not impossible to rule Italians, but it would be useless.
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War is to man what motherhood is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.
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The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises.
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We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them.
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If I advance; follow me. If I retreat; kill me. If I die; avenge me! It is better to live one day as a lion than one-hundred years as a sheep!
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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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[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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You know what I think about violence. For me it is profoundly moral -more moral than compromises and transactions.
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Fascism is a religious concept.
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It’s good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.
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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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