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Country is not a mere zone of territory. The true country is the Idea to which it gives birth; it is the Thought of love, the sense of communion which unites in one all the sons of that territory.

— Giuseppe Mazzini On the Duties of Man (1844)

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Hope nothing from foreign governments. They will never be really willing to aid you until you have shown that you are strong enough to conquer without them.

The mother's first kiss teaches the child love; the first holy kiss of the woman he loves teaches man hope and faith in life.

Ideas grow quickly when watered with the blood of martyrs.

The Cambridge Modern History (1907)

Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He will derive his rule of action from the profound conviction of that duty.

Inexorable as to principles, tolerant and impartial as to persons.

Watchword for the Roman Republic (1849)

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