Benito Mussolini
Italian fascist dictator
Sayings by Benito Mussolini
It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.
The truth is that men are tired of liberty.
Given that the 19th century was the century of Socialism, Liberalism, and Democracy, it does not mean that the 20th century must also be the century of Liberalism, Socialism, and Democracy. Political doctrines pass; peoples remain. It is to be expected that this century may be that of authority, a century of the 'right,' a Fascist century.
We were the first to assert that the more complicated the forms of civilization, the more restricted the freedom of the individual must become.
War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.
Fascism is a religious conception of life.
The State, as conceived and realized by Fascism, is a spiritual and ethical entity for the organization of the nation.
The Fascist State expresses the will to exercise power and to command.
Only Fascism can resolve the dramatic problems of the 20th century.
I am the only man in Italy capable of making Italy great again.
We deny all the universalistic claims of the Fascist doctrine. We believe that Fascism is not for export.
The function of a citizen in a Fascist State is to obey.
Fascism is a movement of reality, a movement of truth.
The crowd is like a woman. It is not necessary to persuade them, it is necessary to rape them.
The greatest danger to democracy is not fascism, but socialism.
We are free to believe that this is the century of authority, a century tending to the 'right,' a Fascist century.
The Fascist conception of the State is all-embracing; outside of it no human or spiritual values can exist, much less have value.
Fascism is not only a system of government, but also a system of thought.
The State, in fact, as a true and proper ethical entity, is the creator of right.
The Fascist State is not a night-watchman, solicitous only of the personal safety of the citizens, nor is it organized simply for the purpose of guaranteeing a certain form of material prosperity and relatively peaceful conditions of life.