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