Giuseppe Garibaldi: “The courageous Genoese carabiniers, who formed the left of the division Medici, did not wait for any command to charge…”

Rome, which I had before admired and thought of frequently, I ever since have loved.

Those young chiefs, who had become illustrious by surprising deeds in delivering their country from the oppressive dominion of Rosas, now, for jealousy and thirst of power, debased themselves by the meanest treachery, and thus ruined the…

The Republicans, therefore, had only one thing left that could be done—to defend themselves—resist, and repel the charge of the enemy's infantry.

The future Rome, rising to regenerate the nation, has now long been a dominant idea in my mind, and inspired me with hope and energy.