"A country is not merely a geographic territory.... A country is the sense of love which unites as one all the sons and daughters of that geographic territory. So long as a single person amongst you has no vote to represent him in the development of the national life; so long as there is one person left to vegetate in ignorance while others are educated; so long as a single person that is able and willing to work languishes in poverty through lack of a job, you have no country in the sense in which a country ought to exist. The right to vote, education, and employment are the three main pillars of a nation. The life of your country will be immortal so long as you are ready to die for your fellow men and women. "
From Giuseppe Mazzini: A Memoir by E. A. Venturi.
Giuseppe Mazzini, was a leader in the struggle for Italian unification.
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