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Fascism |
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 | When liberty destroys order, the hunger for order will destroy liberty. — Will Durant, 1885-1981, American historian & philosopher 13 likes |
 | The great strength of the totalitarian state is that it forces those who fear it to imitate it. — Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German dictator 13 likes |
 | If this were a dictatorship, it'd be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator. — George W. Bush, 1946-, American President 10 likes |
 | Fascism is capitalism in decay. — Vladimir Lenin, 1870-1924, Soviet revolutionary & leader 10 likes |
 | Dictators ride to and fro on tigers from which they dare not dismount. And the tigers are getting hungry. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 9 likes |
 | The only difference between Hitler and Bush is that Hitler was elected. — Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007, American writer 9 likes |
 | Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism is its middle-aged lust. — Jean Baudrillard, 1929-2007, French intellectual 8 likes |
 | One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. — George Orwell, 1903-1950, British writer 8 likes |
 | Fascism begins with the thought that everybody else is an idiot. — Paul Valery, 1871-1945, French poet 8 likes |
 | Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal. — Martin Luther King, 1929-1968, American leader in the Civil Rights Movement 8 likes |
 | Fascism is not defined by the number of its victims, but by the way it kills them. — Jean-Paul Sartre, 1905-1980, French philosopher 7 likes |
 | Communism and socialism, programs for intellectual control over society. Fascism, a program for the social control of intellect. — Robert M. Pirsig, 1928-2017, American writer 7 likes |
 | Today it is only in the most backward countries that fascist generals, in carrying out a coup d'état, still use tanks... Today a country belongs to the person who controls communications. — Umberto Eco, 1932-2016, Italian writer 7 likes |
 | That which the Fascists hate above all else, is intelligence. — Miguel de Unamuno, 1864-1936, Spanish writer & philosopher 5 likes |
 | Why do you think that at 67 I would start a career as a dictator? — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, French President 3 likes |
| Fascism is cured by reading, and racism is cured by traveling. — Miguel de Unamuno, 1864-1936, Spanish writer & philosopher 3 likes |
 | We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them. — Benito Moussolini, 1883-1945, Italian dictator 3 likes |
| What Marxism, Leninism and Stalinism failed to accomplish, we shall be in a position to achieve. — Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German dictator 2 likes |
 | Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face. — Thomas Sowell, 1930 -, American political thinker 2 likes |
 | He says he wants to be free. Kill him! — Nikos Kazantzakis, 1883-1957, Greek writer 2 likes |
 | Brain-washing starts in the cradle. — Arthur Koestler, 1905-1983, Hungarian-British writer 2 likes |
 | Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake. — Victor Frankl, 1905-1997, Austrian neurologist 1 likes |
 | Despotism accomplishes great things illegally; liberty doesn't even go to the trouble of accomplishing small things legally. — Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer 1 likes |
 | The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human. — Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer 1 likes |
 | When evil-doing comes like falling rain, nobody calls out “stop!”. When crimes begin to pile up they become invisible. When sufferings become unendurable, the cries are no longer heard. The cries, too, fall like rain in summer. — Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer 1 likes |
| The more innocent they are, the more they deserve to be shot. — Bertolt Brecht, 1898-1956, German writer 1 likes |
 | If fear and destructiveness are the major emotional sources of fascism, eros belongs mainly to democracy. — Theodore Adorno, 1903-1969, German philosopher 1 likes |
 | Man should not be in the service of society, society should be in the service of man. When man is in the service of society, you have a monster state, and that's what is threatening the world at this minute. — Joseph Campbell, 1904-1987, American academic 1 likes |
 | Dictators are born in the houses where one does not dare to give an order to the maid. — Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer 1 likes |
 | If sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities, it’s because they lead to the knowledge that you own your own body – and with it your own voice – and that’s the most revolutionary insight of all. — Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer 1 likes |
 | Dictatorships foster oppression, dictatorships foster servitude, dictatorships foster cruelty; more abominable is the fact that they foster idiocy. — Jorge Luis Borges, 1899-1986, Argentine writer 1 likes |
 | Hitler is no worse, nay better, in my opinion, than the other lugs. He makes the German mistake of being tactless, that's all. — Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer 1 likes |
 | The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins. — Søren Kierkegaard, 1813-1855, Danish philosopher 1 likes |
 | In the realm of totalitarian kitsch, all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions. — Milan Kundera, 1929-2023, Czech writer 1 likes |
 | Degenerated to a wretched level of the masses, the level of a Hitler, German Romanticism erupted into hysterical barbarism. — Thomas Mann, 1875-1955, German writer [Nobel 1929] 1 likes |
 | In its pure form, fascism is the sum total of all irrational reactions of the average human character. — Wilhelm Reich, 1897-1957, Austrian psychoanalyst & writer 1 likes |
| 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. — Benito Moussolini, 1883-1945, Italian dictator 1 likes |
| The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists. — Benito Moussolini, 1883-1945, Italian dictator 1 likes |
 | Dictatorships are one-way streets. Democracy boasts two-way traffic. — Alberto Moravia, 1907-1990, Italian writer 1 likes |
 | Revolutionary intellectuals have the historic mission of inventing the vocabulary and the themes for the next tyranny. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 1 likes |
 | Any attempt to replace a personal conscience by a collective conscience violates the individual and is the first step toward totalitarianism. — Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946 1 likes |
 | The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don't have to waste your time voting. — Charles Bukowski, 1920-1994, American writer 1 likes |
Personal Stories
 | The Germans and I no longer speak the same language. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 5 likes |
Latin Quotes
 | O you tyrant, Titus Tatius, such things you made happen! O Tite tute Tati tibi tanta tyranne tulisti! — Ennius, 239-169 BC, Roman writer (Latin tongue twister) 15 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | The hands of the tyrants reach long. Μακραί τυράννων χείρες. 5 likes |
Special Quotes
 | One People, one State, one Leader. Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Führer. — Motto of the Nazis 4 likes |
Movie Quotes
 | In '33, Goebbels asked Lang to head the German film industry. That very night, Lang left Germany. — from the film Contempt (1963) 5 likes |
