Whosoever attempts to gainsay this our determination will find that we will never be slaves, unless they succeed in crushing by force an entire people ready to die for liberty.
Giuseppe Garibaldi: “Whosoever attempts to gainsay this our determination will find that we will never be slaves, unless they succeed in…”
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He declared that any attempt to deny Italy's determination would be met with fierce resistance from a people willing to die for liberty.
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