Yes, madam, I am finished. My star has fallen. I work and I try, yet know that all is but a farce.... I await the end of the tragedy and – strangely detached from everything – I do not feel any more an actor. I feel I am the last of spectators. Benito Mussolini More Quotes by Benito Mussolini More Quotes From Benito Mussolini Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands and an infinite scorn in our hearts. Benito Mussolini leaderhearthands The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off. Benito Mussolini birth-rateempiresfate The state reserves the right to be the sole interpreter of the needs of society. Benito Mussolini solestatesneeds Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail. Benito Mussolini phantomseugenicscomedy Every anarchist is a baffled dictator. Benito Mussolini baffledanarchistdictator We deny your internationalism, because it is a luxury which only the upper classes can afford. Benito Mussolini luxurydenyclass This is the epitaph I want on my tomb: Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth. Benito Mussolini intelligentanimallying 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 politicalmanagementmay The truth is that men are tired of liberty. Benito Mussolini tiredmenreality War is to man what maternity is to a woman Benito Mussolini maternitymenwar The struggle between the two worlds [Fascism and Democracy] can permit no compromises. It's either Us or Them! Benito Mussolini two-worldsdemocracystruggle There is no revolution that can change the nature of man Benito Mussolini nature-of-manrevolutionmen I want to make my own life a masterpiece. Benito Mussolini masterpiecemy-ownwant The Fascist accepts life and loves it, knowing nothing of and despising suicide; he rather conceives of life as duty and struggle and conquest, life which should be high and full, lived for oneself, but not above all for others those who are at hand and those who are far distant, contemporaries, and those who will come after. Benito Mussolini life-and-lovesuicidestruggle Fascism entirely agrees with Mr. Maynard Keynes, despite the latter's prominent position as a Liberal. In fact, Mr. Keynes' excellent little book, The End of Laissez-Faire (1926) might, so far as it goes, serve as a useful introduction to fascist economics. There is scarcely anything to object to in it and there is much to applaud. Benito Mussolini politicspoliticalbook It is not impossible to rule Italians, but it would be useless. Benito Mussolini uselessgovernmentwould-be There is a violence that liberates, and a violence that enslaves; there is a violence that is moral and a violence that is immoral. Benito Mussolini immoralmoralviolence Democracy is a kingless regime infested by many kings who are sometimes more exclusive, tyrannical and destructive than one, even if he be a tyrant. Benito Mussolini tyrantsdemocracykings 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 doctrinepoliticalattitude All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state. Benito Mussolini politicsstates
