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Giuseppe Garibaldi: “The traditions of the Neapolitan government are hereditary perjury.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1860
The traditions of the Neapolitan government are hereditary perjury.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi

Editor's note · Context

Garibaldi condemns the Neapolitan government's historical pattern of breaking its promises and oaths.

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