José Antonio Primo de Rivera founder of the Falange, on the nature of fascism as quoted in Falange : A History of Spanish Fascism, Stanley G. Payne (1961) p. 31
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Fascism was born to inspire a faith not of the Right (which at bottom aspires to conserve everything, even injustice) or of the Left (which at bottom aspires to destroy everything, even goodness), but a collective, integral, national faith.

— José Antonio Primo de Rivera on Fascism

What It Means

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José Antonio Primo de Rivera

About José Antonio Primo de Rivera

José Antonio Primo de Rivera y Sáenz de Heredia, 3rd Marquis of Estella (April 24, 1903 – November 20, 1936) was a Spanish politician who was the founder of the Falangism political ideology, which is generally regarded as a form of Fascism.