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I never felt that there was any conflict between my military duties and my Socialism. Why should not a good soldier be also a fighter in the class war?

— Benito Mussolini

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Speeches made to the people are essential to the arousing of enthusiasm for a war.

Better to live a day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.

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The Doctrine of Fascism (1932)

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