Giuseppe Garibaldi: “Extraordinary are the ravages of the royal troops—villas sacked and burned.”

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.

That battle, with so many dangers, and with so brilliant a result, gave much confidence to our troops, and to the inhabitants of that coast, who had been for a long time exposed to the inroads of that adroit and enterprising enemy…

But who, in those days, had ever taught them how to be patriots and Italians?

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