Benito Mussolini Quotes

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

  Benito Mussolini

  Country, Long, Evil

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

  Benito Mussolini

  Ignorance, Giving, Advice

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

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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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• 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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• 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 fascist state is the corporate state.

  Benito Mussolini

  States, Fascists, Corporate

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• All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.

  Benito Mussolini

  Politics, States

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

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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!

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  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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 accepts the individual only insofar as his interests coincide with the state's.

  Benito Mussolini

  War, World, Individual

  Quoted in the Enciclopedia Italiana.

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• Peace is absurd: Fascism does not believe in it.

  Benito Mussolini

  War, Believe, Doe

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• State intervention in economic production arises only when private initiative is lacking or insufficient, or when the political interests of the State are involved. This intervention may take the form of control, assistance or direct management.

  Benito Mussolini

  Political, May, Management

  "Mediterranean Fascism 1919-1945" by Charles F. Delzell, The MacMillan Press, (p. 122), 1971.

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• Every anarchist is a baffled dictator.

  Benito Mussolini

  Baffled, Anarchist, Dictator

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• Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.

  Benito Mussolini

  Eugenics, Phantoms, Comedy

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• Blood alone literally moves the wheels of history.

  Benito Mussolini

  Moving, Blood, Wheels

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