Quotes by Giuseppe Garibaldi
- The priest is the personification of falsehood.
- Ah, no, far be from me a thought which I loathe like poison.
- Apart from these, let all others remain to guard our glorious banners.
- I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me.
- I utter this word with deepest affection and from the very bottom of my heart.
- If these hands, used to fighting, would be acceptable to His Holiness, we most thankfully dedicate them to the service of him who deserves so well of the Church and of the fatherland.
- Let those only return to their homes who are called by the imperative duties which they owe to their families, and those who by their glorious wounds have deserved the credit of their country.
- Yes, young men, Italy owes to you an undertaking which has merited the applause of the universe. You have conquered and you will conquer still, because you are prepared for the tactics that decide the fate of battles.
- We shall meet again before long to march to new triumphs.
- To this wonderful page in our country's history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters.