We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty.

E già passato e, se sarà necessario, tornerà ancora tranquillamente a passare sul corpo più o meno decomposto della Dea Libertà.

Benito Mussolini

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Topic

Fascism

Author

Benito Mussolini

Language

Italian

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Dictator National leader Politician

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Mussolini, Benito. "Forza e consenso [Strength and Consent]." Da Gerarchia. Mar. 1923.

Current Citation

Casanova, Giacomo. History of My Life, vols. 1-2, translated by William Trask. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997, preface.

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Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.

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Topic
Pacificism and nonviolence
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Mahatma Gandhi
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1922 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Gandhi, Mahatma. Speech at his trial. The Great Trial of 1922. 18 Mar. 1922, Ahmedabad, India.

Current Citation

Gandhi, Mahatma. The Power of Nonviolent Resistance: Selected Writings, edited by Tridip Suhrud. Penguin Classics, 2019, pt. 1, ch. 9.

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The chief foundations of all states, new as well as old or composite, are good laws and good arms; and as there cannot be good laws where the state is not well armed, it follows that where they are well armed they have good laws.

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Niccolo Machiavelli
Source
The Prince
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
Italian
Time
1532 1530s 16th century
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Machiavelli, Niccolò. Il Principe [The Prince]. Rome: Antonio Blado d'Asola, 1532.

Current Citation

Machiavelli, Nicolò. The Prince, translated by Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, 2005.