Benito Mussolini Military Commander
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: Italy
- Born: Jul 29, 1883
- Died: Apr 28, 1945
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician, journalist, and leader of the National Fascist Party, ruling the country as Prime Minister from 1922 until his ousting in 1943. He ruled constitutionally until 1925, when he dropped all pretense of democracy and set up a legal dictatorship. Known as Il Duce, Mussolini was one of the key figures in the creation of fascism.
In 1912 Mussolini was the leading member of the National Directorate of the Italian Socialist Party. Prior to 1914 he was a keen supporter of the Socialist International, starting the series of meetings in Switzerland that organised the communist revolutions and insurrections that swept through Europe from 1917. Mussolini was expelled from the PSI due to his opposition to the party's stance on neutrality in World War I. Mussolini denounced the PSI, and later founded the fascist movement. Following the March on Rome in October 1922 he became the youngest Prime Minister in Italian history until the appointment of Matteo Renzi in February 2014.
War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.
peace & war
Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power.
power
It's good to trust others but, not to do so is much better.
good & trust
Inactivity is death.
death
The truth is that men are tired of liberty.
truth
Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power.
government & power
The history of saints is mainly the history of insane people.
history
Fascism is a religion. The twentieth century will be known in history as the century of Fascism.
history & religion