Indignant at the sight of such a scene of arrogant and inhuman oppression as that presented in Buenos Ayres and the Argentine Republic, I was impelled to present myself in opposition to the Dictator, and to adopt the cause of the injured as my own.
Garibaldi reflects on his decision to join the fight against the dictator Rosas in South America, driven by his opposition to oppression.
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You who are here—you, the educated and cultivated portion of the citizenship—you have the duty to educate the people.
Let no one misunderstand my words—let no one confound Popery with Christianity—the Religion of Liberty with the avaricious and sanguinary Politics of Slavery.
On a strong and wholesome education of the people depend the liberty and greatness of Italy.
This stupendous page of our history must be followed by one more glorious still; and the slave will finally show to the free brother a sharpened iron which belonged to the links of his chains.
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