Decalogue of Benito Mussolini (1940)

1. The Fascist is thankful to God for having made him Italian.

2. The Fascist believes in the religion of the Martyrs and the Heroes.

3. The Fascist aspires to the Fatherland as a prize to merit.

4. The Fascist has faith in the universality of the Fascist idea.

5. The Fascist dislikes earthly happiness and disdains the comfortable life.

6. The Fascist despises danger and searches for the struggle.

7. The Fascist considers labour a duty and duty a law.

8. The Fascist considers sacrifice a necessity and obedience a joy.

9. The Fascist conceives life only as a continuous effort of elevation and conquest.

10. The Fascist is prepared to renounce anything, and even to sacrifice his own life.