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The term "Axis" is a reference to a 1936 speech by [[Mussolini]], celebrating a treaty with Germany, in which he said:
The term "Axis" is a reference to a 1936 speech by [[Mussolini]], celebrating a treaty with Germany, in which he said:
:This [[Rome]]-[[Berlin]] protocol is an axis around which all [[European]] states, animated by a desire for [[peace]], may collaborate.<ref>Cortesi, Arnaldo (1936), "Mussolini Urges [[Paris]] and [[London]] to Enter Accord," ''[[The New York Times]],'' November 2, 1936, p. 1</ref>
:This [[Rome]]-[[Berlin]] protocol is an axis around which all [[European]] states, animated by a desire for [[peace]], may collaborate.<ref>Cortesi, Arnaldo (1936), "Mussolini Urges [[Paris]] and [[London]] to Enter Accord," ''[[The New York Times]],'' November 2, 1936, p. 1</ref>
Subsequently newspapers began to use the phrase "Rome-Berlin axis," and later "Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis," or "Axis" for short.
Subsequently, newspapers began to use the phrase "Rome-Berlin axis," and later "Rome-Berlin-Tokyo axis," or "Axis" for short.
==George W. Bush's "Axis of Evil"==
==George W. Bush's "Axis of Evil"==