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Fascism does not look upon the doctrine of economic liberty as an absolute dogma. It does not refer economic problems to individual needs, to individual interest, to individual solutions. On the contrary, it considers the economic development, and especially the production of wealth, as an eminently social concern, wealth being for society an essential element of power and prosperity.

— Alfredo Rocco The Political Doctrine of Fascism (1925)

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Woe betide the Italian people if, while others are engaging in super-imperialism, they do not at least engage in nationalism!

In sociology, just as in biology, uniformity and immobility are death.

The nation that refuses to behave nationalistically, when all the other nations are doing so, is fatally destined to die.

The stronger and more powerful a state, the highest and richer the life of its inhabitants.

Fascism on the other hand, faces squarely the problem of the right of the state and of the duty of individuals. Individual rights are only recognized insofar as they are implied in the rights of the state. In this preeminence of duty we find the highest ethical value of fascism.

The Political Doctrine of Fascism (1925)

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