Giuseppe Garibaldi: “People of Palermo, I thank you in the name of Italy for your resistance.”

In cases of difficulty or danger, I have never, in all my life, been disheartened.

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

On that occasion, and in various other circumstances of a similar kind, I never hesitated for a moment, or thought of my own safety.

In mentioning my mother—I speak it with pride—she was a model for mothers; and, in saying this, I have said all that can be said.