Carlo Sforza Quotes
Certain sections of the upper classes abroad, identifying conservatism with mere material repression, are given to praising Signor Mussolini
Carlo Sforza, 1872–1952, Foreign Minister of Italy, Anti-Fascist Italian Leader, “Italy and Fascism”, Foreign Affairs, April 1925
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70 years after Fascism was defeated in Italy, there were still a number of right wing politicians who still espoused some of the Fascist principles. “Abjure” means to repudiate.
The United States money was then on the Gold Standard. The country was growing and needed more money in circulation. But most of the gold that might be available was in England and English bankers could control much of the U. S. economy. The Populists and the Democrats wanted us to use silver to back U. S. money as there was plenty of silver in the United States. The Republicans would not relent and depression was upon the country. A half century later, it would be Republican President Richard M. Nixon, who took the United States off the gold standard. Lease was far ahead of her time.