Benito Mussolini Quotes

Democracy is talking itself to death. The people do not know what they want; they do not know what is the best for them. There is too much foolishness, too much lost motion. I have stopped the talk and the nonsense. I am a man of action. Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy. You in America will see that some day.

We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them.

If I advance; follow me. If I retreat; kill me. If I die; avenge me! It is better to live one day as a lion than one-hundred years as a sheep!

The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.

I have been a racist since 1921. I don't know how they can think I'm imitating Hitler.

All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.

Silence is the only answer you should give to the fools. Where ignorance speaks, intelligence should not give advices.

The fascist state is the corporate state.

The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists.

The state reserves the right to be the sole interpreter of the needs of society.

Yes, a dictator can be loved. Provided that the masses fear him at the same time. The crowd love strong men. The crowd is like a woman.

Race? It is a feeling, not a reality. Ninety-five per cent, at least. Nothing will ever make me believe that biologically pure races can be shown to exist today.... National pride has no need of the delirium of race.

Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep

Fascism accepts the individual only insofar as his interests coincide with the state's.

Democratic regimes may be defined as those in which, every now and then, the people are given the illusion of being sovereign, while the true sovereignty in actual fact resides in other forces which are sometimes irresponsible and secret.

Believe, obey, fight.

Peace is absurd: Fascism does not believe in it.

People are tired of liberty. They have had a surfeit of it. Liberty is no longer a chaste and austere virgin.... Today's youth are moved by other slogans...Order, Hierarchy, Discipline.

Blood alone literally moves the wheels of history.

There is no revolution that can change the nature of man

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.

For my part I prefer fifty thousand rifles to five million votes.

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.

Italian journalism is free because it serves one cause and one purpose... mine!

Religion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers.