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For us the national flag is a rag to be planted on a dunghill. There are only two fatherlands in the world: that of the exploited and that of the exploiters.

— Benito Mussolini La Lotta di Classe (1910)

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Notes from Wikiquote

As quoted in Aspects of European History, 1789-1980 (1988) by Stephen J. Lee, p. 191

Variants

The national flag is a rag that should be placed in a dunghill.

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