Garibaldi

Italian unification hero

Modern influential 99 sayings

Sayings by Garibaldi

I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death.

1860 — Recruiting volunteers for his irregular forces
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The priest is the personification of falsehood.

1860s — On his anti-clerical views
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

The priest is the most formidable enemy of Italy.

1860 — Letter to General Medici
Controversial Unverifiable

The Papacy is a cancer, a plague, the ruin of Italy.

1867 — Speech to his volunteers
Controversial Unverifiable

The Vatican is a den of thieves.

1867 — Public statement
Controversial Unverifiable

To the Vatican, I would say, 'Get out! Clear out! Leave Rome to us!'

1867 — Speech in Rome
Controversial Unverifiable

The greatest obstacle to Italian unity is the Pope.

1860 — Letter to a friend
Controversial Unverifiable

I am a Republican, and I shall die a Republican.

1871 — Letter to Mazzini
Controversial Unverifiable

I will never shake hands with a priest.

Undated, but widely attributed — Reported conversation
Controversial Unverifiable

The Pope is a foreign power in Italy.

1867 — Public statement
Controversial Unverifiable

I have always been a socialist, and I will remain one.

1871 — Letter to a friend
Controversial Unverifiable

The Bourbons are tyrants, and their rule must be destroyed.

1860 — Proclamation to the Sicilians
Controversial Unverifiable

I have nothing but contempt for kings and emperors.

Undated — Reported conversation
Controversial Unverifiable

Rome or death!

1862 — Slogan for his campaign
Controversial Unverifiable

The French are our natural enemies.

1870 — Letter during the Franco-Prussian War
Controversial Unverifiable

I am a man of the people, and I fight for the people.

1860 — Public statement
Controversial Unverifiable

If there is any truth in the world, it is that the priest is the enemy of mankind.

1867 — Letter to his son
Controversial Unverifiable

Religion is a disease.

Undated, but widely attributed — Reported conversation
Controversial Unverifiable

The only religion I believe in is the religion of humanity.

1871 — Letter to a friend
Controversial Unverifiable

Italy will be free, or I will die trying.

1860 — Public declaration
Controversial Unverifiable