Quotes by
Benito Moussolini |
1883-1945 , Italian dictator
Prime Minister of Italy from his March on Rome in 1922, until his deposition in 1943, as well as “Duce” of Italian fascism from the establishment of the Italian Fasces of Combat in 1919, until his execution in 1945. As a dictator and founder of fascism, Mussolini inspired the international spread of fascist movements during the interwar period.
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Quotations
| • | Inside every anarchist is a failed dictator. 3 |
| • | Journalism can take you everywhere, as long as you quit in time. 3 |
| • | Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep 3 |
| • | The truth is that men are tired of liberty. 2 |
| • | We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them. 2 |
| • | We become strongest, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look for moral guidance. 2 |
| • | Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands and an infinite contempt in our hearts. 1 |
| • | A nation of spaghetti eaters cannot restore Roman civilization. 1 |
| • | Racism is a cause of the blonds. 1 |
| • | The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people. 1 |
| • | The Mediterranean will be turned into an Italian lake. 1 |
| • | Fuehrer, we are on the march! Victorious Italian troops crossed the Greco-Albanian frontier at dawn today! 1 |
| • | I found that it is easier to convince a crowd than an individual. 1 |
| • | All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state. 1 |
| • | I have no love for the Jews, but they have great influence everywhere. It is better to leave them alone. Hitler’s antisemitism has already brought him more enemies than is necessary. |
| • | For my part, I prefer fifty thousand rifles to five million votes. |
| • | The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists. |
| • | Men do not move mountains; it is only necessary to create the illusion that mountains move. |
| • | 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. |
| • | The mass, whether it be a crowd or an army, is vile. |
| • | It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. |
| • | 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.” |
| • | Neutrals never impose themselves on events. They always sink in. Only blood moves the wheels of History. |
| • | Religion is a type of mental disease. It has always had a pathological reaction on mankind. |
| • | It is not impossible to rule Italians, but it would be useless. |
| • | Everyone in Italy is 20 years old, including me. |
