I never want to see umbrellas around me.” he [Mussolini] once said. “The umbrella is a bourgeois relic, it is the arm used by the pope’s soldiers. A people who carry umbrellas cannot found an empire.

I never want to see umbrellas around me.” he [Mussolini] once said. “The umbrella is a bourgeois relic, it is the arm used by the pope’s soldiers. A people who carry umbrellas cannot found an empire.

– David I. Kertzer –

The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe

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