"Tired of Liberty "

In an article contributed to the April number of the Fascista review Gerarchia (Hierarchy), Premier Mussolini aired his views on present- day government.

Extracts from his article: "The truth is evident to all who are unblinded by dogmatism that men nowadays are tired of liberty. . . . If any Government is deprived of force . . . it will be at the mercy of the first group organized and determined to overthrow it. . . . Liberty is no longer a chaste, severe maiden for whom generations in the first half of the last century fought and died. For the intrepid, restless youths . . . order, hierarchy and discipline. Fascismo is not afraid to declare itself illiberal or antiliberal. It has already passed, and if necessary will pass again, without the slightest hesitation, over the more or less decomposed body of the goddess of liberty."