We must leave exactly on time…From now on everything must function to perfection.
To a station-master
Giorgio Pini Mussolini (1939) vol. 2, ch. 6; an early report was: 'The first benefit of Benito Mussolini's direction in Italy begins to be felt when one crosses the Italian Frontier and hears Il treno arriva all'orario [The train is arriving on time] ' Infanta Eulalia of Spain Courts and Countries after the War (1925)
