Giuseppe Garibaldi: “No wonder there has been such a burst of enthusiasm throughout all Europe for Garibaldi and his noble expedition.”

With courage, cheerfulness, and perseverance, no enterprise is impossible; and, for these I must do justice to my favorite companion and usual forerunner, John Griggs, who surmounted numerous difficulties, and patiently endured many…

But who, in those days, had ever taught them how to be patriots and Italians?

She knew me when I was in misfortune; and her interest in me, stronger than any merit of my own, conquered her for me, and united us for ever.

In cases of difficulty or danger, I have never, in all my life, been disheartened.