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