Great revolutions are the work rather of principles than of bayonets, and are achieved first in the moral, and afterwards in the material sphere.
Giuseppe MazziniA Country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is the idea which rises upon that foundation; it is the sentiment of love, the sense of fellowship which binds together all the sons of that territory.
Giuseppe MazziniThe obscurest sayings of the truly great are often those which contain the germ of the profoundest and most useful truths.
Giuseppe MazziniPoetry is enthusiasm with wings of fire; it is the angel of high thoughts, that inspires us with the power of sacrifice.
Giuseppe Mazzini