142 Quotes by Benito Mussolini

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

It is not impossible to rule Italians, but it would be useless.

We deny your internationalism, because it is a luxury which only the upper classes can afford.

Believe, obey, fight.

The measures adopted to restore public order are: First of all, the elimination of the so-called subversive elements. ... They were elements of disorder and subversion. On the morrow of each conflict I gave the categorical order to confiscate the largest possible number of weapons of every sort and kind. This confiscation, which continues with the utmost energy, has given satisfactory results.

If two irreconcilable elements are struggling with each other, the solution lies in force. There has never been any other solution in history, and there never will be.

It is my conviction that in time of war, when the cannon speaks with its powerful voice, the less we speak the better.

If the 19th [century] was the century of the individual (liberalism means individualism), you may consider that this is the "collective" century, and therefore the century of the state.

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while other write history. It matters little who wins.