It is not impossible to rule Italians, but it would be useless. Benito Mussolini More Quotes by Benito Mussolini More Quotes From Benito Mussolini Thirty centuries of history allow us to look with supreme pity on certain doctrines which are preached beyond the Alps by the descendants of those who were illiterate when Rome had Caesar, Virgil, and Augustus. Benito Mussolini doctrineromelooks It is my conviction that in time of war, when the cannon speaks with its powerful voice, the less we speak the better. Benito Mussolini voicepowerfulwar The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building. Benito Mussolini maskbuildingfaces Fascism is a religious conception in which man is seen in his immanent relationship with a superior law and with an objective Will that transcends the particular individual. Benito Mussolini religiouslawmen Family - see Fascist State. Benito Mussolini fascistslibertystates For the Fascist, everything is the State, and nothing human or spiritual exists, much less has value, outside the State. In this sense Fascism is totalitarian. Benito Mussolini fascistsstatesspiritual Three cheers for war, noble and beautiful above all. Benito Mussolini cheerbeautifulwar If relativism signifies contempt for fixed categories and those who claim to be the bearers of objective immortal truth, then there is nothing more relativistic than Fascist attitudes and activity. From the fact that all ideologies are of equal value, we Fascists conclude that we have the right to create our own ideology and to enforce it with all the energy of which we are capable. Benito Mussolini energyattitudefacts If the 19th [century] was the century of the individual (liberalism means individualism), you may consider that this is the "collective" century, and therefore the century of the state. Benito Mussolini individualismmaymean Fortunately the Italian people has not yet accustomed itself to eat many times a day, and possessing a modest level of living, it feels deficiency and suffering less. Benito Mussolini italiansufferingpeople The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises. The new cycle which begins with the ninth year of the Fascist regime places the alternative in even greater relief either we or they, either their ideas or ours, either our State or theirs! Benito Mussolini struggleyearsideas I am desperately Italian. I believe in the function of Latinity. Benito Mussolini functionitalianbelieve On the morrow of each conflict I gave the categorical order to confiscate the largest possible number of weapons of every sort and kind. Benito Mussolini gunnumbersorder Yet if anyone cares to read over the now crumbling minutes giving an account of the meetings at which the Italian Fasci di Combattimento were founded, he will find not a doctrine but a series of pointers... It may be objected that this program implies a return to the guilds (corporazioni). No matter!... I therefore hope this assembly will accept the economic claims advanced by national syndicalism. Benito Mussolini italianmattergiving The Italian proletariat needs a blood bath for it force to be renewed. Benito Mussolini italianbloodneeds Tomorrow, the Tripartite Pact will become an instrument of just peace between the peoples. Italians! Once more arise and be worthy of this historical hour! We shall win. Benito Mussolini historicalwinninghistory We must give Italians a sense of race. Benito Mussolini racegiving Fascism conceives of the State as an absolute, in comparison with which all individuals or groups are relative, only to be conceived in their relation to the State. Benito Mussolini individualgroupsgovernment The working people are bound to their native shores. Benito Mussolini shoreshoespeople The mass, whether it be a crowd or an army, is vile. Benito Mussolini crowdsmassarmy
