Giuseppe Garibaldi: “Poor people, who suffered so much in the various vicissitudes of war, I shall never think of you but with a deep sense…”

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.

Educate them to be Christian—educate them to be Italian.

Education gives liberty—education gives to the people the means and the power to secure and defend their own independence.

You who are here—you, the educated and cultivated portion of the citizenship—you have the duty to educate the people.