The Regime's Political Philosopher

Benito Mussolini:

"The truth is that mankind is tired of liberty."

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

"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 is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity."

"The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. The State is absolute, individuals and groups relative."

"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."

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

"We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty."
(Thanks to Galen)