She does not know that in you there are the elements of a great nation, and that in your free and independent hearts there germinate the seeds of a world-wide revolution if our rights shall not be recognized, and if people will not allow us to be masters in our own home.
He warned that if Italy's rights were not recognized and its people denied self-determination, their spirit could ignite a global revolution.
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Education gives liberty—education gives to the people the means and the power to secure and defend their own independence.
You have conquered, and you will conquer, because you are now trained to the tactics which decide battles.
On a strong and wholesome education of the people depend the liberty and greatness of Italy.
Let no one misunderstand my words—let no one confound Popery with Christianity—the Religion of Liberty with the avaricious and sanguinary Politics of Slavery.
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