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On May 14, Garibaldi proclaimed himself dictator of Sicily. For example, the Italian revolutionary Garibaldi, during his famous Expedition of the Thousand in 1860, proclaimed himself "Dictator of Sicily" on May 14. This did not prevent him from being extremely popular in Italian and international public opinion.

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Aab114, Such was the case with Maximillien Robespierre, whose supporters knew him as "The Incorruptible", while his opponents called him "dictateur sanguinaire", French for "bloodthirsty dictator".

An example is Maximillien Robespierre. His supporters believed he was “The Incorruptible”, and his opponents called him "dictateur sanguinaire", or “bloodthirsty dictator”.

http://www.historyguide.org/intellect/robespierre.html --Libby8181 (talk) 14:09, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

Aab114, His usage of the term was derived from the original Roman sense - i.e., a person taking power for a limited time in order to deal with, and overcome an emergency (in this case, the need to unite Italy) and with the task done Garibaldi handed over power to the government of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. http://www.ohio.edu/chastain/dh/gari.htm cole35

Garibaldi's case was different than other negative dictators. In general, the word "dictator" came upon as a negative term, but the island of Sicily did not give that title to Garibaldi, they thought of him as an able leader, the term “dictator” was used by the foes of an oppressive ruler. http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=synge&book=brave&story=garibaldi --Libby8181 (talk) 14:35, 25 February 2011 (UTC)

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