We Have Buried The Putrid Corpse Of

Democracy Is Beautiful In Theory; In Practice It Is A Fallacy.

I Owe Most To Georges Sorel. This Master Of Syndicalism By His Rough Theories Of Revolutionary Tactics Has Contributed Most To Form The Discipline, Energy And Power Of The Fascist Cohorts.

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.

The Fascist Conception Of The State Is All-embracing; Outside Of It No Human Or Spiritual Values Can Exist, Much Less Have Value. Thus Understood, Fascism Is Totalitarian, And The Fascist State -- A Synthesis And A Unit Inclusive Of All Values -- Interprets, Develops, And Potentiates The Whole Life Of A People.

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.