Benito Mussolini on Antireligion
← Back to Benito Mussolini ProfileBefore his rise to fascist dictatorship, a young Benito Mussolini denounced religion as a "mental disease" in a 1904 speech, foreshadowing his later complex relationship with the Catholic Church.
“Religion is a species of mental disease. It has always had a pathological reaction on mankind.”
Written decades before his rise to power, Benito Mussolini's early essay reveals a surprising faith in science's ability to dismantle religious belief.
“Science is now in the process of destroying religious dogma. The dogma of the divine creation is recognized as absurd.”