Benito Mussolini Quotes
Believe, obey, fight.
Mussolini, Benito. Opera Omnia di Benito Mussolini. Edited by Edoardo and Duilio Susmel, vol. 27, La Fenice, 1951, p. 28.
This testimony turned out to be a tactical error. The main purpose of Tojo was to protect Emperor Hirohito from responsibility for the war. See {587277}. But by admitting that he never disobeyed even the Emperor’s wishes, he made it clear that he had implemented the Emperor’s desired policies. Therefore, Hirohito must have been responsible. After this testimony there was some delay and he changed his testimony claiming that once he disobeyed the Emperor when he took the nation to war. Few believed this second version, but it was sufficient to keep Hirohito from being charged—which despite many calls for his trial, General MacArthur also did not want the Emperor brought to account as the institution was making the occupation of Japan very easy.
Nixon had just hired Ray Price as his main speechwriter. Buchanan was worried because Price had been a “Rockefeller Republican” at the liberal wing of the party and Price had even written an editorial endorsing Lyndon Johnson. Would he be loyal to Nixon? Nixon’s read of Price was correct. This illustrates the fact that many political relationships are personal and others ideological. Personal loyalties are easier to change than ideological ones.
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the Fascist coup d'état in 1922 until his deposition in 1943, and Duce ("Leader") of Italian Fascism from the establishment of the Italian Fasces of Combat in 1919 until his execution in 1945 during the Italian Civil War. As dictator of Italy and founder of the fascist movement, Mussolini inspired other far right rulers such as Adolf Hitler, Francisco Franco, and António de Oliveira Salazar.
