“The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.”
“We affirm that the Italian name must be our first word in political and social life.”
“I am not a dictator. I have only simplified democracy.”
“The state is an absolute, and it is not subject to the opinions of the individual.”
Benito Mussolini Quotes
“Fascism is not a doctrine but a faith.”
“Liberty is a duty, not a right.”
“Fascism recognizes the real needs which gave rise to socialism.”
“I only trust my fists.”
“I have been a racist since 1921.”
“The truth is that men are tired of liberty.”
“We are not politicians. We are revolutionaries.”
“Better to break your back than to break your soul.”
“The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.”
“The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises.”
“For my part, I prefer fifty thousand rifles to fifty thousand votes.”
“The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.”
“The Italian people are tired of elections and prefer bread, work, and discipline.”
“Inactivity is death.”
“We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty.”
“The best blood will sometimes get into a fool or a mosquito.”
“War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies.”
“Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.”
“Fascism is not a subject for debate, but an action.”
“War is to man what maternity is to a woman.”
“The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises. It’s either us or them!”
“To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants.”
“A nation of spaghetti eaters cannot restore Roman civilization!”
“The man who thinks with his head is a man to be feared; the man who thinks with his heart is a man to be loved.”
“We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them.”
“If you believe in democracy, you cannot be a Fascist. If you are a Fascist, you cannot believe in democracy.”
“Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice, it is a fallacy.”
“Our minds are like parachutes: they only function when open.”
“Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.”
“We don’t believe in the dogma of the autonomy of art. We don’t believe in the autonomy of art.”
“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.”
“It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins.”
“The state is absolute, individuals and groups relative.”
“Every anarchist is a baffled dictator.”
“The nation is not an ideal thing but a concrete entity.”
“It is not impossible to govern Italians, but it is useless.”
“Religion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak-minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers.”
“To young people, I say: “Believe, fight, and create!”
“Blood alone moves the wheels of history.”
“The growth of the state is not only a necessity but a benefit.”
“The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.”
“You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.”
“Our program is simple: we wish to govern Italy.”
“We affirm that the name Italy must be our first word in political and social life.”
“The state reserves the right to be the sole interpreter of the needs of society.”
“Victory is the only thing that counts.”
“There is no revolution that doesn’t burn to avenge a fallen comrade.”
“We are not a people who live in the past. We are a people who shape the future.”
“The League of Nations is very much like a chain that ties down the strongest and loosens the weakest.”
“The Fascist accepts life and loves it, knowing nothing comes without a struggle.”
“Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hand, and an infinite scorn in our hearts.”
“Democracy is talking itself to death. The people do not know what they want.”
“It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.”
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“The nation is a work of art, and it is the artist’s duty to shape and guide it.”
“It is necessary to have the courage to break with the past and create a new future.”
“The strength of a nation is not in its numbers but in its will.”
“The Fascist conception of life stresses the importance of the State and accepts the individual only in so far as his interests coincide with those of the State.”
“Everything in the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.”
“Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.”
“The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people.”
“The crowd doesn’t have to know, only to believe.”
“Socialism is a fraud.”
“The masses should not have any decision-making power.”