War is the normal state of the people.

We do not argue with those who disagree with us, we destroy them.

If I advance; follow me. If I retreat; kill me. If I die; avenge me! It is better to live one day as a lion than one-hundred years as a sheep!

I have been a racist since 1921. I don't know how they can think I'm imitating Hitler.

The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.

Silence is the only answer you should give to the fools. Where ignorance speaks, intelligence should not give advices.

The Socialists ask what is our program? Our program is to smash the heads of the Socialists.

Yes, a dictator can be loved. Provided that the masses fear him at the same time. The crowd love strong men. The crowd is like a woman.

Italian journalism is free because it serves one cause and one purpose... mine!

Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.

If only we can give them faith that mountains can be moved, they will accept the illusion that mountains are moveable, and thus an illusion may become reality.

Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept.

Above all I needed to be made to think about what it meant that I was a woman, instead of acting unreflectingly as though I were a man, bound to live out the script of a man’s life.

Lonnie says it doesn't take long to write a song if you're stricken with a severe case of the Tennysons. He wasn't necessarily talking about a chart-climber.

Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.

There are a million people who can come up with little bits. The hard work is making those bits into something.

Everybody has a direct view of the person "behind" the art, so there is going to be a certain amount of awareness of who is making songs. But I like paintings where you can see the brush-strokes.

People will not follow a leader who does not have confidence in himself.

A lot of what's been written about me is not true: of my family history or my choices or my interests. Actually, I've never read anything written about me that was true. It's been completely crazy.

I believe in the dignity of every person. I believe that while we are all free to practice our religion, and to hold whatever religious beliefs we choose.

The Simpsons is the best thing on American television.