Giuseppe Mazzini Quotes
Tradition and conscience are the two wings given to the human soul to reach the truth.
Mazzini, Giuseppe. Joseph Mazzini: His Life, Writings, and Political Principles. Hurd and Houghton, 1872, p. 325.
There are many who believe that a moral life can only emanate from a religious belief structure and some who believe it can only emanate from their specific religious belief structure.
Giuseppe Mazzini was an Italian politician, journalist, activist for the unification of Italy and spearhead of the Italian revolutionary movement. His efforts helped bring about the independent and unified Italy in place of the several separate states, many dominated by foreign powers, that existed until the 19th century. An Italian nationalist in the historical radical tradition and a proponent of social-democratic republicanism, Mazzini helped define the modern European movement for popular democracy in a republican state.