Benito Mussolini Quotes

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• We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them.

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  Arguing, Disagree

  "The Book of Italian Wisdom" by Antonio Santi, Citadel Press, (p. 88), 2003.

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• Democracy is talking itself to death. The people do not know what they want; they do not know what is the best for them. There is too much foolishness, too much lost motion. I have stopped the talk and the nonsense. I am a man of action. Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.

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  Beautiful, Men, Talking

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• If I advance; follow me. If I retreat; kill me. If I die; avenge me! It is better to live one day as a lion than one-hundred years as a sheep!

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  Sheep, Years, One Day

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• The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.

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  Country, Long, Evil

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• Silence is the only answer you should give to the fools. Where ignorance speaks, intelligence should not give advices.

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  Ignorance, Giving, Advice

  "The Book of Italian Wisdom" by Antonio Santi, Citadel Press, (p. 87), 2003.

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• I have been a racist since 1921. I don't know how they can think I'm imitating Hitler.

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  Thinking, Racist, Know How

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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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  Strong, Men, Political

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• Race? It is a feeling, not a reality. Ninety-five per cent, at least. Nothing will ever make me believe that biologically pure races can be shown to exist today.... National pride has no need of the delirium of race.

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  Believe, Pride, Reality

  "Talks with Mussolini". Book by Emil Ludwig, 1932.

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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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  People, Secret, May

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• Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep

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  Inspirational, Funny, Sheep

  "ITALY: Duce (1922-43)". content.time.com. August 2, 1943.

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• The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists.

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  Program, Asks

  "A History of Terrorism" by Walter Laqueur, (p. 71), 2001.

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• Italian journalism is free because it serves one cause and one purpose... mine!

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  Italian, Purpose, Causes

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• If only we can give them faith that mountains can be moved, they will accept the illusion that mountains are moveable, and thus an illusion may become reality.

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  Leadership, Reality, Giving

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• Religion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers.

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  Men, Numbers, Despair

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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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  Political, Politics, Spheres

  Benito Mussolini (1935). “Fascism: Doctrine and Institutions”

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• Blood alone literally moves the wheels of history.

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  Moving, Blood, Wheels

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• It's good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.

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  Trust, Trust Others, Corporatism

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• Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

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  Beautiful, Democracies Have, Practice

  to Edwin L James of the New York Times, 1928.

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• I should be pleased, I suppose, that Hitler has carried out a revolution on our lines. But they are Germans. So they will end by ruining our idea.

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  Ideas, Lines, Revolution

  Christopher Hibbert, Benito Mussolini (1962). “Benito Mussolini: a biography”

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• We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance.

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  Being Strong, Reality, No Friends

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• The state reserves the right to be the sole interpreter of the needs of society.

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  Needs, States, Sole

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• People are tired of liberty. They have had a surfeit of it. Liberty is no longer a chaste and austere virgin.... Today's youth are moved by other slogans...Order, Hierarchy, Discipline.

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  Tired, Order, Discipline

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• Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands and an infinite scorn in our hearts.

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  Heart, Hands, Leader

  "The Great Quotations" by George Seldes, (p. 349), 1966.

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• This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth.

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  Lying, Animal, Intelligent

  Christopher Hibbert, Benito Mussolini (1962). “Benito Mussolini: a biography”

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• We deny your internationalism, because it is a luxury which only the upper classes can afford.

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  Class, Luxury, Deny

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