 Besednjak's speeches also attracted the attention of the Italian political scene and included parliamentary debates with the highest officials of the regime, including the Minister of Education Giovanni Gentile and Benito Mussolini himself.These speeches were printed in an integral version by Besednjak's journal "Goriška straža", thus becoming widely known in the Slovene public.Several of his statements and punchlines entered the daily speech or acquired legendary status.