Quotes by Benito Mussolini

About Benito Mussolini:

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. He ruled constitutionally until 1925, when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship. Known as Il Duce ("the leader"), Mussolini was the founder of fascism.
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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.

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War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.

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The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.

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Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.

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The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.

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It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.

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It's good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.

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The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out.

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Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace.

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

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Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail.

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The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.

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The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building.

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The mass, whether it be a crowd or an army, is vile.

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Fascism is not an article for export.

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Fascism is a religious concept.

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Every anarchist is a baffled dictator.

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Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

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Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts.

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We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance.

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Author Bio

  • NameBenito Mussolini
  • DescriptionPrime Minister of Italy and Duce of Fascism
  • AliasesMussolini; Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini; Benito Andrea Mussolini; Mussolinism; Benito Amilcare Mussolini; Il Duce; Duce
  • BornJuly 29, 1883
  • DiedApril 28, 1945
  • CountryKingdom Of Italy
  • ProfessionPolitician; Journalist; Teacher; Diplomat
  • AwardsOrder Of The White Eagle; Order Of The White Lion; Order Of The Golden Spur