Mussolini historiography Flashcards
“There was something magical about Mussolini”
Sullivan
“for the fascist everything is the state, and nothing human or spiritual exists”
Mussolini
“Obedience not Discussion”
Mussolini
“Never before have the peoples thirsted for authority, direction, order, as they do now. If each age has its doctrine then innumerable symptoms indicate that the doctrine of our age is the Fascist”
Mussolini
“existing and rapidly worsening, crisis of legitimacy of the liberal state, the impact of the war and the perceived revolutionary threat”
Kershaw on why fascism rose in Italy
“The impact of war in italy can scarcely be exaggerated”
Kershaw
“All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off”
Mussolini
“We are probably moving towards a lower standard of living”
Mussolini Admitting failure in his economics in the 1930s
“the church is a source of pride for us italians”
Mussolini
“A womans place is in the home and preferably pregnant”
Mussolini
“As an economic system, fascism is socialism with a capitalist veneer.”
Richman
“it is the plow that makes the furrow, but it is the sword that defends it”
Mussolini
“I will defend the lira to my last breath, to the last drop of my blood”
Mussolini
“Most of the decisions that were made were not made by the corporations but by the government and the employers”
Todd on workers rights and unions
“Mussolini was an opportunist taking advantage of very favorable circumstances”
Fermi
“the reconciliation was Mussolini’s greatest publicity stunt”
Fermi on papal relations
the pope “represents 400 million men scattered the world over…….(this was) a colossal force.”
Mussolini
“Fascist anti feminism was at best a subsidiary concern of fascist social policy, and made its appearance as a consequence of concerns with a declining birth rates and rising employment”
Gregor
“it seems that particular patterns of industrialisation, commercialisation and urbanisation had more power to shape female experiences in this period than the crude tools of Fascist ideology and policy”
Wilson
“The principal function of the ONB was to prepare the young for their future role in society: boys to be soldiers and girls to be the mothers of warriors”
Duggan
“compulsory members in 1935 catalysed the development of a climate of resentment and disillusionment surround Fascist youth organisations”
Meakin
