It was only one life. What is one life in the affairs of a state? Benito Mussolini More Quotes by Benito Mussolini More Quotes From Benito Mussolini Three cheers for the war. Three cheers for Italy's war and three cheers for war in general. Peace is hence absurd or rather a pause in war. Benito Mussolini three cheer war Our program is simple: we wish to govern Italy. They ask us for programs but there are already too many. It is not programs that are wanting for the salvation of Italy but men and will power. Benito Mussolini simple wish men Peace is absurd: Fascism does not believe in it. Benito Mussolini doe war believe I owe most to Georges Sorel. This master of syndicalism by his rough theories of revolutionary tactics has contributed most to form the discipline, energy and power of the fascist cohorts. Benito Mussolini tactics discipline energy What the proletariat needs is a bath of blood. Benito Mussolini evil blood needs It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do. Benito Mussolini winning writing hands The Fascist State lays claim to rule in the economic field no less than in others; it makes its action felt throughout the length and breadth of the country by means of its corporate, social, and educational institutions, and all the political, economic, and spiritual forces of the nation, organised in their respective associations, circulate within the State. Benito Mussolini spiritual education country Fascism accepts the individual only insofar as his interests coincide with the state's. Benito Mussolini individual war world Statesman only talk of fate when they have blundered Benito Mussolini statesmen fate destiny It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. Benito Mussolini winning writing hands War is the normal state of the people. Benito Mussolini normal war people The Government has been compelled to levy taxes which unavoidably hit large sections of the population. The Italian people are disciplined, silent and calm, they work and know that there is a Government which governs, and know, above all, that if this Government hits cruelly certain sections of the Italian people, it does not so out of caprice, but from the supreme necessity of national order. Benito Mussolini italian government order For my part I prefer fifty thousand rifles to five million votes. Benito Mussolini rifles military fifty Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace. Benito Mussolini political humanity believe The measures adopted to restore public order are: First of all, the elimination of the so-called subversive elements. ... They were elements of disorder and subversion. On the morrow of each conflict I gave the categorical order to confiscate the largest possible number of weapons of every sort and kind. This confiscation, which continues with the utmost energy, has given satisfactory results. Benito Mussolini government gun numbers 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 individualism government reality The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable. Benito Mussolini function citizens soldier State ownership! It leads only to absurd and monstrous conclusions; state ownership means state monopoly, concentrated in the hands of one party and its adherents, and that state brings only ruin and bankruptcy to all. Benito Mussolini party mean hands Fascist education is moral, physical, social, and military: it aims to create a complete and harmoniously developed human, a fascist one according to our views. Benito Mussolini moral military views Youth is a malady of which one becomes cured a little every day. Benito Mussolini laughter inspiration education