"Hope nothing from foreign governments. They will never be really willing to aid you until you have shown that you are strong enough to conquer without them."

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Source : Giuseppe Mazzini (1872). “Joseph Mazzini His Life, Writings, and Political Principles”, p.92

Giuseppe Mazzini

#Strong Quotes #Government Quotes #Conquer Quotes

“Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it makes us vain, in fact, of our modesty.”
“Being an artist is a way of saying, I am here, and this is what I stand for.”
“I was for two years a pupil at the Model School in Fort street which was then conducted upon the Irish national system, and if any special religious instruction was given in connection with that system, I do not recollect it.”
“Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn't.”
“Make sure you put quality into every practice swing.”
“The Devil is right at home. The Devil, the Devil himself, is right in the house. And the Devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the Devil came here. Right here. And it smells of sulphur still today. Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum, the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the Devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world.”

Source : Address to the United Nations General Assembly, delivered 20 September 2006
“Dad was just an emotional wreck. He was drinking a lot of the time, he was smoking a lot of pot. And because he takes certain medications, the drinking was making him... you know, he wasn't even present, really.”

Source : "Jack Talks About His Addiction and Recovery". MTV.com, February 2003.
“Each man's soul is his genius.”

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