I was enlisted in a new and hazardous enterprize, and, for the first time, turned a helm for the ocean with a warlike flag flying over my head—the flag of a republic—the Republic of Rio Grande.
Recalling a pivotal moment in his early career, Garibaldi describes embarking on his first naval expedition under the banner of an independent republic.
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Education gives liberty—education gives to the people the means and the power to secure and defend their own independence.
To arms all!—all!—and the oppressors, the supremely powerful, shall be turned into dust.
You who are here—you, the educated and cultivated portion of the citizenship—you have the duty to educate the people.
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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