Ah, no, far be from me a thought which I loathe like poison.

I utter this word with deepest affection and from the very bottom of my heart.

The priest is the personification of falsehood.

Posterity will call you the great emancipator, a more enviable title than any crown could be, and greater than any merely mundane treasure.

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.

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.

You, too, women, cast away all the cowards from your embraces; they will give you only cowards for children, and you who are the daughters of the land of beauty must bear children who are noble and brave.