Till some government be established in the centre of Italy, which can be maintained without ten thousand French troops to garrison the capital, and five and twenty thousand foreign mercenaries to sack insurgent towns, it is in vain to hope for peace.
From his autobiography, outlining the conditions he believed were necessary for achieving lasting peace and self-governance in Italy.
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