Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

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

War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.

Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

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

War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.

The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building.

The mass, whether it be a crowd or an army, is vile.

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do.

The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out.

The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off.

Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power.

Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.

We become strong, I feel, when we have no friends upon whom to lean, or to look to for moral guidance.

The truth is that men are tired of liberty.

Let us have a dagger between our teeth, a bomb in our hands, and an infinite scorn in our hearts.

The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.

Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.

It's good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.

Every anarchist is a baffled dictator.

The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.

Fascism is a religious concept.

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

It is the State which educates its citizens in civic virtue, gives them a consciousness of their mission and welds them into unity.

The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative.

Inactivity is death.

Fascism is not an article for export.

The function of a citizen and a soldier are inseparable.

It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while other write history. It matters little who wins.

Fascism recognises the real needs which gave rise to socialism and trade unionism giving them due weight in the guild or corporative system in which diverent interests are coordinated and harmonised in the unity of the State.

Fascism should rightly be called corporatism as it is a merger of state and corporate power.

Fascism is definitely and absolutely opposed to the doctrines of liberalism both in the political and economic sphere.

Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.

Fascism accepts the individual only insofar as his interests coincide with the states.

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

State intervention in economic production arises only when private initiative is lacking or insufficient, or when the political interests of the State are involved. This intervention may take the form of control, assistance or direct management.

A nation of spaghetti eaters cannot restore Roman civilization!

There is a violence that liberates, and a violence that enslaves; there is a violence that is moral and a violence that is immoral.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself-always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity.

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

Democracy is stronger than terrorism, and we will not cower to the terrorists' campaign of fear.

Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded upon.

American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.

Democracy is also a form of worship. It is the worship of Jackals by Jackasses.

Until the control of the issue of currency and credit is restored to government and recognized as its most conspicuous and sacred responsibility, all talks of the sovereignty of Parliament and of democracy is idle and futile.

And when we draw lines in the sand with regard to certain basic things that are vital to our interest and to the interest of democracy and our friends around the world, we have to be willing to back that up.

While Kuwait is not a democracy, giving only half the population a voice in their government is not a policy this Congress should support and one that I am glad that Kuwait's leaders are changing.