"We will erect a monument to Giordano Bruno in Campo de' Fiori, in atonement for the sins of our ancestors, whose moral sloth was the cause of our delayed political progress, so that it may serve as a symbol to the multitudes of freedom of conscience, who will have it alive and powerful in time, when they grow in culture, and as a salutary warning to all the capable and all the lukewarm, who speak of conciliation without blushing."