The Italian patriots know how to discriminate between good and bad priests, many of whom are their enemies, either open or secret, but some of whom have always been their staunch friends.
Reflecting on the varied roles of the clergy in the Italian struggle, Garibaldi observes the ability of patriots to distinguish allies from enemies among them.
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But the Pope, who wishes all men to be slaves—who demands, of the powerful of the earth, fetters and chains for Italians—the Pope-king does not know Christ: he lies to his religion.
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I love and venerate the religion of Christ, because Christ came into the world to deliver humanity from slavery, for which God has not created it.
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