Giuseppe Garibaldi: “I do not come to impose upon you my will, but to cause yours to be…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1860

I do not come to impose upon you my will, but to cause yours to be respected.

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Giuseppe Garibaldi

Source

From a proclamation to the people of Southern Europe, asserting his respect for their will rather than imposing his own.

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Giuseppe Garibaldi: “I do not come to impose upon you my will, but to cause yours to be respected.”