A Country is not a mere territory; the particular territory is only its foundation. The Country is the idea which rises upon that foundation; it is the sentiment of love, the sense of fellowship which binds together all the sons of that territory.

] Mazzini hoped but without much confidence that his vision of a league or society of independent nations would be realized in his own lifetime. The group's motto was God and the People and its basic principle was the unification of the several states and kingdoms of the peninsula into a single republic as the only true foundation of Italian liberty. The Mazzinian political activism met some success in Tuscany Abruzzi Sicily Piedmont and his native Liguria especially among several military officers.

He also helped define the modern European movement for popular democracy in a republican state. For other uses see Mazzini (disambiguation)
Giuseppe Mazzini (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe matˈtsini]; 22 June 1805 – 10 March 1872) nicknamed The Beating Heart of Italy was an Italian politician journalist and activist for the unification of Italy. [citation needed].