It is difficult to describe the principles and doctrines of Fascism, for the Fascists prided themselves in their lack of theory and consistent philosophy and practice. There is no Fascist manifesto or an authentic Statement of Fascist principles and programmes, as we find with the Communists, Mussolini himself acted as if he hated all abstract thinking and theorizing.
“My programme”, he said, “is action, not talk”. He further said, “Fascism is based on reality, Bolshevism is based on theory. We want to be definite and real. We want to come out of the cloud of discussion and theory.” Such Statements show that Fascism had really no principles: it was a creed of expediency, of political relativism, a sort of opportunistic pragmatism.
But it is wrong to say that Fascism did not acquire doctrines and theories of its own. It had a programme of action; it had aims and ideals to attain, which necessarily led to theorising about them. This produced Fascist theories and doctrines.