General Garibaldi said this about his religious beliefs. As may be supposed, the priests attacked the General, and accused him far and wide of being an atheist. I believe in God. I am of the religion of Christ, not of the religion of the Popes. I do not admit any intermediary between God and man.
Priests have merely trust themselves in, in order to make a trade of religion.
The foreigners we have expelled, now we must expel those mitered and tonsured traitors who summoned them. The people must be taught that it is not enough to have a free country, but that they must learn to exercise the rights and perform the duties of free men. All nations should be regarded as sisters. War between them should be thought of as impossible. All international quarrels ought to be decided by a Congress.