Emilio De Bono Quotes

Emilio De Bono was an Italian General, fascist activist, Marshal, and member of the Fascist Grand Council . De Bono fought in the Italo-Turkish War, World War I, and the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. March 1866 – 11. January 1944
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Famous Emilio De Bono Quotes

“If you know anything, deny, deny, deny. I want to save Fascism.”

To Dumini. Quoted in "The Terror in Europe" - Page 223 - by Hubert Hessell Tiltman - 1932

“We look on seriously, but serenely.”

Quoted in "The Hammond Times" - Newspaper article - November 2, 1935, Hammond, Indiana

“This was a great reward for us. We had not had the good fortune to meet the enemy in force.”

Quoted in "The Civilizing Mission: A History of the Italo-Ethiopian War of 1935-1936" - Page 172 - by A. J. Barker - 1968

“Listen: if there is war down there— and if you think me worthy of it, and capable —you ought to grant me the honor of conducting the campaign. Surely, you don't think me too old?”

To Mussolini. Quoted in "Lion by the tail: the story of the Italian-Ethiopian War" - Page 32 - by Thomas M. Coffey - History - 1974

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