On the recordJanuary 1, 1860
The spectacle of a people kept down by such means is an outrage on the civilization of the age, and a danger and menace for all the rest of Italy.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
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gutenberg.orgGiuseppe Garibaldi: “The spectacle of a people kept down by such means is an outrage on the civilization of the age, and a danger and menace…”
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From his autobiography, expressing his condemnation of the papal government's methods and their implications for Italian unity.
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