Lajos Kossuth Quotes

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• I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.
• The cause of freedom is identified with the destinies of humanity, and in whatever part of the world it gains ground by and by, it…
• Judgment of the people is often wiser than the wisest men.
• Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever…
• The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
• The era of Christianity peace, brotherhood, the Golden Rule as applied to governmental matters is. yet to come, and when it comes, then, and then…
• I believe that the confidence of Hungary in me is not shaken by misfortune nor broken by my calumniators.
• Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator.
• And if you cannot remain indifferent, you must resolve to throw your weight into that balance in which the fate and condition of man is…
• Humility is the part of wisdom, and is most becoming in men. But let no one discourage self-reliance; it is, of all the rest, the…
• The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.
• Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness.
• Even in political considerations, now-a-days, you have stronger motives to feel interested in the fate of Europe than in the fate of the Central or…
• I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.
• It is the surmounting of difficulties that makes heroes.
• It is chiefly in New York that I feel induced to urge this, because New York is, by innumerable ties, connected with Europe - more…
• Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of the fact, that the United States are resolved not to…
• The unspoken word never does harm.
• In my opinion, the form of Government may be different in different countries, according to their circumstances, their wishes, their wants. England loves her Queen,…
• I am a straightforward man.

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