Pasquale Paoli Quotes

Corsican leader (1725–1807)

Filippo Antonio Pasquale de' Paoli (6 April 1725 – 5 February 1807) was a Corsican patriot, statesman and military leader who was at the forefront of resistance movements against the Genoese and later French rule over the island. He became the president of the Executive Council of the General Diet of the People of Corsica and wrote the Constitution of the state.

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Native Name: Pasquale de Paoli

Alternative Names: Pasquali Paoli • Corsica Paoli

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The vendetta is finished. The old, happy, carefree festivals of the villages which have been abandoned for so long can now be resumed.

The island will only know efficient government if the vendetta can be stamped out.

I am determined that the "other side of the mountains" must form part of the Corsican State, all Corsica must be free.

Make an effort to overcome the fears of old age. Tell me, would you wish to see me at your death-bed knowing in your last moments that your son was a coward and a coward through your advice? Look back over your life. Was not the day of your departure from Corsica the last day of your glory? ... Before you press me on religious sentiments, read and reread the Roman histories and recall to your mind those models you once sought to emulate. With these in your mind you will give me much better counsel.