Giuseppe Garibaldi (July 4, 1807-June 2, 1882) was an Italian general and nationalist leader. He freed Italy from foreign rule and saw Rome once again become its capital.
Of the Bible, General Garibaldi said:
<This is the cannon that will make Italy free.> 1807GG001
In his Autobiography, General Giuseppe Garibaldi wrote:
<I am a Christian, and I speak to Christians-I am a true Christian, and I speak to true Christians. I love and venerate the religion of Christ, because Christ came into the world to deliver humanity from slavery, for which God had not created it....You who are here-you, the educated and cultivated portion of the citizenship-you have the duty to educate the people-educate the people-educate them to be Christians-educate them to be Italians....Viva Italia! Viva Christianity!> 1807GG002
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Endnotes:
1807GG001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Giuseppe Garibaldi. Tryon Edwards, D.D., The New Dictionary of Thoughts-A Cyclopedia of Quotations (Garden City, NY: Hanover House, 1852; revised and enlarged by C.H. Catrevas, Ralph Emerson Browns and Jonathan Edwards [descendent, along with Tryon, of Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758), president of Princeton], 1891; The Standard Book Company, 1955, 1963), p. 47.
1807GG002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Giuseppe Garibaldi. Theodore Dwight, General Garibaldi's Autobiography, translated from his private papers, p. 444. Stephen Abbott Northrop, D.D., A Cloud of Witnesses (Portland, Oregon: American Heritage Ministries, 1987; Mantle Ministries, 228 Still Ridge, Bulverde, Texas), p. 165-166.