Quote by Robert O. Paxton

Fascism is a system of political authority and social order intended to reinforce the unity, energy, and purity of communities in which liberal democracy…

— Robert O. Paxton

Fascism is a religious conception in which man is seen in his immanent relationship with a superior law and with an objective Will that…

— Benito Mussolini

Fascism is the cult of organised murder , invented by the arch-enemies of society . It tends to destroy civilization and revert man to…

— Marcus Garvey

The essence of fascism is to make laws forbidding everything and then enforce them selectively against your enemies.

— John Lescroart

“It will be seen that, as used, the word ‘Fascism’ is almost entirely meaningless. In conversation, of course, it is used even more wildly…

— George Orwell

Fascism was born to inspire a faith not of the Right (which at bottom aspires to conserve everything, even injustice) or of the Left…

— Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera

Fascism is not just a word. It's not just a way to insult someone with whom you disagree. It is a specific thing. It…

— Rachel Maddow

“Every colonial nation carries carries the seeds of a fascist temptation in its bossom. What is fascism if not a regime of oppression for…

— Albert Memmi

Fascism means first of all defending your nation against the dangers that threaten it. It means the destruction of these dangers and the opening…

— Corneliu Zelea Codreanu

Fascism is fundamentally and at bottom an aesthetic conception, and . . . it is your function as creators of beautiful things to portray…

— Louis de Bernieres

“Fascism was not simply a conspiracy—although it was that—but it was something that came to life in the course of a powerful social development.…

— Theodor W. Adorno

Fascism conceives of the State as an absolute, in comparison with which all individuals or groups are relative, only to be conceived in their…

— Benito Mussolini