“It is necessary to have the courage to break with the past and create a new future.”
“We don’t believe in the dogma of the autonomy of art. We don’t believe in the autonomy of art.”
“For my part, I prefer fifty thousand rifles to fifty thousand votes.”
“We are not a people who live in the past. We are a people who shape the future.”
“The truth is that men are tired of liberty.”
“Blood alone moves the wheels of history.”
“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.”
“There is no revolution that doesn’t burn to avenge a fallen comrade.”
“Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind.”
“Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.”
“The state reserves the right to be the sole interpreter of the needs of society.”
“Democracy is talking itself to death. The people do not know what they want.”
“We are not politicians. We are revolutionaries.”
“The state is absolute, individuals and groups relative.”
Benito Mussolini Quotes
“Fascism is not a doctrine but a faith.”
“I am not a dictator. I have only simplified democracy.”
“Fascism recognizes the real needs which gave rise to socialism.”
“Better to break your back than to break your soul.”
“Victory is the only thing that counts.”
“Our minds are like parachutes: they only function when open.”
“The Italian people are tired of elections and prefer bread, work, and discipline.”
“We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty.”
“We affirm that the Italian name 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 struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises.”
“The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.”
“The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.”
“Everything in the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.”
“The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.”
“Every anarchist is a baffled dictator.”
“Socialism is a fraud.”
“I only trust my fists.”
“It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins.”
“Liberty is a duty, not a right.”
“We affirm that the name Italy must be our first word in political and social life.”
“You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.”
“The best blood will sometimes get into a fool or a mosquito.”
“War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies.”
“The strength of a nation is not in its numbers but in its will.”
“Our program is simple: we wish to govern Italy.”
“I have been a racist since 1921.”
“To young people, I say: “Believe, fight, and create!”
“A nation of spaghetti eaters cannot restore Roman civilization!”
“To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants.”
“Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.”
“The nation is a work of art, and it is the artist’s duty to shape and guide it.”
“The nation is not an ideal thing but a concrete entity.”
“If you believe in democracy, you cannot be a Fascist. If you are a Fascist, you cannot believe in democracy.”
“The growth of the state is not only a necessity but a benefit.”
“Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hand, and an infinite scorn in our hearts.”
“The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises. It’s either us or them!”
“It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.”
“The state is an absolute, and it is not subject to the opinions of the individual.”
“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.”
“The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.”
“The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people.”
“Fascism is not a subject for debate, but an action.”
“Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice, it is a fallacy.”
“It is not impossible to govern Italians, but it is useless.”
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“The masses should not have any decision-making power.”
“Inactivity is death.”
“The League of Nations is very much like a chain that ties down the strongest and loosens the weakest.”
“War is to man what maternity is to a woman.”
“The crowd doesn’t have to know, only to believe.”
“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.”
“Religion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak-minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers.”