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MUSSOLINI

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

"Fascism is a religion. The 20th century will be known in history as the century of fascism."

"Fascism, the more it considers and observes the future and the development of humanity, quite apart from the political considerations of the moment, believes neither in the possibility nor the utility of perpetual peace."

"Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail."

"The truth is that men are tired of liberty."

"This is the epitaph I want on my tomb - "Here lies one of the most intelligent animals who ever appeared on the face of the earth."

"When the financial institutions and the political institutions merge, you have fascism."

"The masses have little time to think.  And how incredible is the willingness of modern man to believe."

 

 


Saddam Hussein

"We have neither the desire nor the intention to commit aggression against anyone, but we must have the determination and the will to retaliate against any aggression."

Adolf Hitler

"Those who want to live, let them fight, and those who do not want to fight in this world of eternal struggle do not deserve to live"

"Whatever goal, man has reached is due to his originality plus his brutality"

"Struggle is the father of all things, virtue lies in blood, leadership is primary and decisive"

"Only foce rules. Force is the first law"

"When an opponent declares, 'I will not come over to your side,' I calmly say, 'Your child belongs to us already... What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants, however, now stand in the new camp.' In a shot time they will know nothing else but this community."