Quotes by Benito Mussolini

“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.”

“Inactivity is death.”

“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.”

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

“Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power.”

“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.”

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

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

“War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.”

“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.”

“The truth is that men are tired of liberty.”

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