Giuseppe Garibaldi: “The sufferings which I endured after being unbound were indescribable: yet I did not complain.”

In mentioning my mother—I speak it with pride—she was a model for mothers; and, in saying this, I have said all that can be said.

I not only admired her for her former power and the remains of antiquity, but even the smallest thing connected with her was precious to me.

Although I professed different principles from his, and had fought for a different cause, I have ever been ready to acknowledge my obligations to that officer, and always desired an opportunity to prove my gratitude to him for granting me…

There is not a spot of ground on earth in which do not lie the bones of some generous Italian, for whose sake Italy ought never to cease from the struggle until free herself.