Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.
About Ignazio Silone
Secondino Tranquilli (1 May 1900 – 22 August 1978), best known by the pseudonym Ignazio Silone, was an Italian politician, novelist, essayist, playwright, and short-story writer, world-famous during World War II for his powerful anti-fascist novels. Considered among the most well-known and read Italian intellectuals in Europe and in the world, his most famous novel, Fontamara, became emblematic for its denunciation of the condition of poverty, injustice, and social oppression of the lower classes, has been translated into numerous languages.
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Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.
Italian author and politician (1900-1978)
Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.
Italian author and politician (1900-1978)
On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.
Italian author and politician (1900-1978)
The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists.
Italian author and politician (1900-1978)
Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority – literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.
Italian author and politician (1900-1978)