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Benito Mussolini

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What we know about Benito Mussolini comes primarily from their words — and those words are worth your time. The range of their thinking — from History to War — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. 19 of Benito Mussolini's sharpest quotes live here, spanning themes of History, War, Power, Peace, and Truth. As Benito Mussolini put it: "Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power."

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

— Benito Mussolini

Truth

All 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.”

— Benito Mussolini

Alone

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

— Benito Mussolini

Good

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

— Benito Mussolini

Truth

“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.”

— Benito Mussolini

Great

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

— Benito Mussolini

Power

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

— Benito Mussolini

Government

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

— Benito Mussolini

History

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

— Benito Mussolini

History

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

— Benito Mussolini

Peace

“Inactivity is death.”

— Benito Mussolini

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.”

— Benito Mussolini

Future