Nissuno stato pubblico può godersi la quieta, nè ribattere l’injurie, nè diffendere le leggi, la religione e la libertà senza arme.

Translation: No State can enjoy tranquillity, nor repel hostile attacks, nor defend its laws, its religion and its liberty, unless it be armed. | Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 370.