Only a few months before the unexpected series of events in Europe that led to the invasion of the Papal States and the annexation of Rome by the forces of the new Kingdom of Italy, a statement addressing Pope Pius IX had urged the Pontiff “Abandon thy kingdom unto the kings, and emerge from thy habitation, with thy face set towards the Kingdom.… Be as thy Lord hath been.… Verily, the day of ingathering is come, and all things have been separated from each other.
उनले अहिलेको उपलब्धि हासिल गर्नको लागि हजारौ नेपालीले सहादत प्राप्त गरेको हुनाले यो नेकपाको र कुनै पार्टी विशेषको नभई सबैको साझा कार्यक्रम भएको बताएका हुन ।