Benito Mussolini Quotes

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

  Benito Mussolini

  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.

  Benito Mussolini

  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!

  Benito Mussolini

  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.

  Benito Mussolini

  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.

  Benito Mussolini

  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.

  Benito Mussolini

  Believe, Pride, Reality

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

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

  Benito Mussolini

  Program, Asks

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

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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.

  Benito Mussolini

  People, Secret, May

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

  Benito Mussolini

  Italian, Purpose, Causes

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

  Benito Mussolini

  Inspirational, Funny, Sheep

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

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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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• The fascist state is the corporate state.

  Benito Mussolini

  States, Fascists, Corporate

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• Fascism is definitely and absolutely opposed to the doctrines of liberalism, both in the political and economic sphere.

  Benito Mussolini

  Political, Politics, Spheres

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

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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.

  Benito Mussolini

  Men, Numbers, Despair

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• Blood alone literally moves the wheels of history.

  Benito Mussolini

  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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• 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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• Against individualism, the Fascist conception is for the State... Liberalism denied the State in the interests of the particular individual; Fascism reaffirms the State as the true reality of the individual.

  Benito Mussolini

  Reality, Government, Individualism

  "The Doctrine of Fascism" by Benito Mussolini, Firenze: Vallecchi Editore, (p. 13), 1935.

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

  Benito Mussolini

  Beautiful, Democracies Have, Practice

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

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• As regards the Liberal doctrines, the attitude of Fascism is one of absolute opposition both in the political and in the economical field.

  Benito Mussolini

  Attitude, Political, Doctrine

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

  Benito Mussolini

  Heart, Hands, Leader

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

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• You know what I think about violence. For me it is profoundly moral -more moral than compromises and transactions.

  Benito Mussolini

  Thinking, Violence, Moral

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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.

  Benito Mussolini

  Ideas, Lines, Revolution

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

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