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"Boia chi molla!" (in English "Killer who gives up!") is a motto used in the right-wing politics field and by Italian neofascists groups during the Italian second postwar, in particular in the seventies of the twentieth century. Its literal meaning is: «who leaves [the struggle] is a killer».

Origin and history of the motto
Its real origin is discussed: according to some recent citations, however not supported by any coeval source, it seems that the motto was used (maybe coined by Eleonora Pimentel Fonseca ) during the last days of the Parthenopean Republic of the 1799, in the battle against the sanfedisti, or used during the Five days of Milan of the 1848. On the other hand, more numerous sources trace its birth back to the World War I: for example, the motto was screamed by a sergeant during the retreat of the Battle of Caporetto, in November 1917 or used by the Arditi, an Italian army corps. In some cases, the creation of the phrase is accredited to Gabriele D'Annunzio.