Cavour Quote by Arthur J Whyte

It was Cavour who by wise domestic policy first won the respect and confidence of Europe

— Arthur J Whyte

Like most of those who study history, he (Napoleon III) learned from the mistakes of the past how to make new ones.

— A. J. P. Taylor

It was the German schoolhouse which destroyed Napoleon III. France, since then, is making monster cannon and drilling soldiers still, but she is also…

— Henry Ward Beecher

“If the empire were to collapse, I should personally feel extremely sad. I absolutely do not believe that the personal rule of Napoleon III…

— Franz Liszt

The genius of Victor Emmanuels prime minister have raised the king to the position he now occupies in Italy and Europe.

— The French Embassy During 1850

The principle condition for improving the lot of Italy is to raise her reputation.

— Cavour

I omitted nothing to persuade Garibaldi to drop his mad scheme.

— Cavour

Italy owed most to French armies.

— AJP Taylor

Italy was unified by the knife of shylock

— Gaetano Salvemini

The Paris peace conference¦ encouraged fundamental changes in Cavours thinking on the Italian question form the spring of 1856 onwards.

— Anthony Cardoza

The speed of Italian unification compelled ministers to treat the nation as an extension of Piedmont.

— Denis Mack-Smith

Traditionally the Crimean war has been viewed as the major turning point in the development of Cavours new national policy.

— Davis