Fascism

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We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty.

Benito Mussolini

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Fascism

Author

Benito Mussolini

Language

Italian

Time

1923 1920s 20th century

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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.

The Italian proletariat needs a blood bath for its force to be renewed.

Benito Mussolini

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Topic

Fascism

Author

Benito Mussolini

Language

Italian

Time

1920 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Mussolini, Benito. Editorial. Il Popolo d'Italia, 1920.

If you had asked me why I had joined the militia I should have answered: "To fight against Fascism," and if you had asked me what I was fighting for, I should have answered: "Common decency."

George Orwell

Homage to Catalonia

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Topic

Spanish Civil War Political progress Fascism

Author

George Orwell

Source

Homage to Catalonia

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Language

English

Time

1938 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Orwell, George. Homage to Catalonia. Secker and Warburg, 1938, ch. 5.

Why are you so afraid of the word ‘Fascism,’ Doremus? Just a word-just a word! And might not be so bad, with all the lazy bums we got panhandling relief nowadays, and living on my income tax and yours-not so worse to have a real Strong Man, like Hitler or Mussolini-like Napoleon or Bismarck in the good old days-and have ‘em really run the country and make it efficient and prosperous again. ‘Nother words, have a doctor who won’t take any back-chat, but really boss the patient and make him get well whether he likes it or not!

Sinclair Lewis

It Can't Happen Here

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Topic

Fascism Authoritarianism

Speaker

R. C. Crowley

Author

Sinclair Lewis

Source

It Can't Happen Here

Medium

Novel

Genre

Dystopian fiction

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Lewis, Sinclair. It Can't Happen Here. Doubleday, Doran and Company, 1935, ch. 2.

Remember the war against Franco?
That's the kind where each of us belongs.
Though he may have won all the battles,
We had all the good songs.

Tom Lehrer

The Folk Song Army

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Fighting fascism Fascism

Speaker

Tom Lehrer

Source

The Folk Song Army

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk music

Language

English

Time

1965 1960s 20th century

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Citation

Lehrer, Tom. "The Folk Song Army." That Was The Year That Was. Reprise Records/Warner Records, 1965.