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Giuseppe Garibaldi: “Education gives liberty—education gives to the people the means and the power to secure and defend their own…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1860
Education gives liberty—education gives to the people the means and the power to secure and defend their own independence.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Garibaldi asserts the fundamental role of education in empowering individuals and nations to achieve and maintain freedom.

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