25 Quotes by Ignazio Silone

Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.

The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists.

On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.

A wrong war brings wrong; so does a right war.

Sometimes I'm haunted by the thought that we only have one life and we live it provisionally, waiting in vain for the day that our real life will begin. And so life passes by.

No one can ever write about anything that happened to him after he was twelve years old.

Spiritual life and secure life do not go together; to save oneself on must struggle and take risks.

The State always stands for swindling, intrigue, and privilege, and cannot stand for anything else.

Liberty isn't a thing you are given as a present. You can be a free man under a dictatorship. It is sufficient if you struggle against it.