For my part I prefer fifty thousand rifles to five million votes.
BENITO MUSSOLINIThere is no masterpiece. The artist has failed. The task was superior to his capacities.
More Benito Mussolini Quotes
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It’s good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.
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Fascism entirely agrees with Mr. Maynard Keynes, despite the latter’s prominent position as a Liberal. In fact, Mr. Keynes’ excellent little book,
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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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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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Fascism is definitely and absolutely opposed to the doctrines of liberalism, both in the political and economic sphere.
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Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.
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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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The Fascist conception of the State is all-embracing; outside of it no human or spiritual values can exist, much less have value.
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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.
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Italian journalism is free because it serves one cause and one purpose… mine!
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The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises. It’s either Us or Them!
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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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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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Lenin 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.
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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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