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Show MUSSOLINI'S MUSSOLINIS l\IUSSOLINI'S l IUSSOLINI'S IUSSOLINIS \ ' ' MAXIMS . \ Many l\Iany l Iany and vaned valled opinions have been e\piessed e piessed e\.plessed e.plessed .plessed plessed expressed \ . concelmng concerning lUussohm Mussolini conceimng"Mussolini conceimngMussolini concerningMussolini " , the Italian Itahan dIcta dictator tel ' , some believing behevmg him to be the great great- greatest greatest greatest - est leader of his geneiation genelJ.tion genelJtion . others condemning condemnmg him 111m as a tyrant tyrantand tyrantand tyrantand and menace to the wolld's wollds world's worlds ' peace . Whatever 'Vhatever Vhatever ' one's ones ' estimate of him may be , it can not be deniedthat demed denied demedthat deniedthat that he has maintained mamtamed a fnm firm gup giip on his countly country since he rose to topower topower topower power 12 years ago ' While 'VhIle VhIle he talks a good deal , he is essentIally essentiallya a man of action . He is fqnd fgnd of uttering uttermg teise telse terse maxims ma\.Ims ma.Ims ma .Ims Ims niavms ' \ . touching touchingmany touchingmany touchingmany many subjectsVe subjects . ' \ We \Ve Ve quote a few to give some insight into mto hIS hISc.hal hischaracter hischaiacter character c.hal chal . acter : "It It "Ii Ii " is not enough nough to seem smcere-one smcere one sincere-one sincere sincere - one must be sinceie"Intelligent sinceieIntelligent 5mcel sincel e . " " optimism "IntellIgent IntellIgent " " pessimism ] is S much better than unintelligent unmtelhgent op- op op - - timism . "Italy Italy " government"I governmentI is too poor to indulge mdulge in m bad government . " "I I " don't dont ' believe in m conferences . I believe in work . Italy is at ativoik atwolk 'VOl VOl ivoik " ' k " collegians "I I " prefer a platoon of police who can act to a ciowd clowd crowd of colleg colleg- - - ians who can but debate . " "The The " training trainmg that counts for most is that which equips eqUlps us to tocope tocope tccope cope with things thmgs that are going gomg wrong . " Thetheater "We We " 'VIe VIe ' al aie are e not concerned exclusively e\.cluslVely e.cluslVely e .cluslVely cluslVely \ . with the schools . The theater , the concel conceit t hall , , the museums , allcontrIbute all contribute to our edu edu- educatIon edu- edu education education - - cation thingsare thmgsare Training Trammg does not end on bhe the graduation day . All thmgs things are school to fo him who is teachable . " Few will deny that there is a lot of wisdom and sound philoso philoso- - phy philosophy in m those maxims ma\.ims ma.ims ma .ims ims ' \ . . - - |