Benito Mussolini

"Art and propaganda are not synonymous."

"The lessons of events are appreciated only after they have taken place."

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

"I do not believe in democracy."

"Strength is admired, weakness is despised."

"The people want to be governed, even oppressed."

"Greatness is defined by action, not intention."

"I make my own rules, always have, always will."

"The past is a burden on the future."

"Propaganda is more effective when the masses do not know they are being propagandized."

"Violence is the only language the masses understand."

"Everything tends to make us believe that there exists some point of intersection where we may know a simple truth."

"I have disciplined myself to not smoke, not drink, and not make love except in my marriage."

"More than machinery, we need humanity."

"Greatness requires sacrifice."

"The State is consciousness."

"I prefer the sound of ambition to the silence of complacency."

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."

"Man must accept responsibility for creating the world of tomorrow."

"Fascism is not opposed to the Church, but to the State-Church."

"I have no doctrine, I have only dreams and passions."

"The only true power lies in the will to act."

"History is a race between education and catastrophe."

"I am a bundle of contradictions."

"Truth strikes the ground and bounces up, but lies will eventually fail."

"Every revolution devours its children."

"I created the Fascist state from nothing."

"Peace is something that concerns me only insofar as it allows for future conflicts."

"The individual who does not obey does not exist in the State."

"I am no longer an agnostic but a pragmatist."