
28 maggio 1941, citato in G. Ciano, Diario 1937-1943, Rizzoli, 1980, p. 517
da un discorso del 1901 al Parlamento inglese
Origine: John Lukacs, Churchill – Visionario Statista Storico, p. 13
The wars of peoples will be more terrible than those of kings.
House of Commons, 13 May 1901, Hansard vol. 93 col. 1572. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1901/may/13/army-organisation
Early career years (1898–1929)
Contesto: In former days, when wars arose from individual causes, from the policy of a Minister or the passion of a King, when they were fought by small regular armies of professional soldiers, and when their course was retarded by the difficulties of communication and supply, and often suspended by the winter season, it was possible to limit the liabilities of the combatants. But now, when mighty populations are impelled on each other, each individual severally embittered and inflamed—when the resources of science and civilisation sweep away everything that might mitigate their fury, a European war can only end in the ruin of the vanquished and the scarcely less fatal commercial dislocation and exhaustion of the conquerors. Democracy is more vindictive than Cabinets. The wars of peoples will be more terrible than those of kings.
28 maggio 1941, citato in G. Ciano, Diario 1937-1943, Rizzoli, 1980, p. 517
“[La democrazia è il] governo del popolo, dal popolo, per il popolo.”
“Meglio suddito di un regime aristocratico che re di una democrazia.”
Spazzatura (rubrica su Lacerba)
da La dottrina del fascismo, con Luigi Contu, Hoepli, 1936
“La democrazia è il potere di un popolo informato.”
La democrazia in America
Variante: La democrazia è il potere di un popolo informato.
“Il silenzio dei popoli è un monito per i re.”
citato in Giuseppe Fumagalli, Chi l'ha detto?, Hoepli, 1921, p. 463-464