For my part I prefer fifty thousand rifles to five million votes. Benito Mussolini More Quotes by Benito Mussolini More Quotes From Benito Mussolini We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance. Benito Mussolini being-strong no-friends reality Fascism is a religious concept. Benito Mussolini agnostic fascism religious There is the great, silent, continuous struggle: the struggle between the State and the Individual; between the State which demands and the individual who attempts to evade such demands. Because the individual, left to himself, unless he be a saint or hero, always refuses to pay taxes, obey laws, or go to war. Benito Mussolini struggle hero war Liberty is a duty, not a right. Benito Mussolini duty liberty We affirm that the true story of capitalism is now beginning, because capitalism is not a system of oppression only, but is also a selection of values, a coordination of hierarchies, a more amply developed sense of individual responsibility. Benito Mussolini hierarchy responsibility stories The corporate State considers that private enterprise in the sphere of production is the most effective and useful instrument in the interest of the nation. In view of the fact that private organisation of production is a function of national concern, the organiser of the enterprise is responsible to the State for the direction given to production. Benito Mussolini spheres views facts At every hour of every day, I can tell you on which page of which book each school child in Italy is studying. Benito Mussolini education book children The fascist state is the corporate state. Benito Mussolini fascists corporate states I've had my fill of Hitler. These conferences called by the ringing of a bell are not to my liking. The bell is rung when people call their servants. And besides, what kind of conferences are these? For five hours I am forced to listen to a monologue which is quite fruitless and boring Benito Mussolini war people world If two irreconcilable elements are struggling with each other, the solution lies in force. There has never been any other solution in history, and there never will be. Benito Mussolini struggle two lying The Fascist conception of the State is all-embracing; outside of it no human or spiritual values can exist, much less have value. Thus understood, Fascism is totalitarian, and the Fascist State -- a synthesis and a unit inclusive of all values -- interprets, develops, and potentiates the whole life of a people. Benito Mussolini synthesis spiritual people Believe, obey, fight. Benito Mussolini fighting believe One moment on the battlefield is worth a thousand years of peace. Benito Mussolini war peace years We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty... Benito Mussolini corpses buried liberty You know what I think about violence. For me it is profoundly moral -more moral than compromises and transactions. Benito Mussolini moral violence thinking Journalism is not a profession, but a mission. Benito Mussolini missions profession journalism If you acquit me, you will give me great pleasure. If you condemn me you will do me honour! Benito Mussolini give-me pleasure giving The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito. Benito Mussolini mosquitoes time blood Lenin is an artist who has worked men, as other artists have worked marble or metals. But men are harder than stone and less malleable than iron. There is no masterpiece. The artist has failed. The task was superior to his capacities. Benito Mussolini iron artist men The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people. Benito Mussolini cynical people religion
