I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which he desires to be observed towards his own: and therefore I will not interfere in your domestic questions.

Quote by Lajos Kossuth

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Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.

Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.

The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders...

The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders...

Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness.

Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness.

The house of Austria has publicly used every effort to deprive the country of its...

The house of Austria has publicly used every effort to deprive the country of its...

Even in political considerations, now-a-days, you have stronger motives to feel interested in the fate...

Even in political considerations, now-a-days, you have stronger motives to feel interested in the fate...

You must be a power on earth, and must therefore accept all the consequences of...

You must be a power on earth, and must therefore accept all the consequences of...

I will not become a Napoleon nor an Alexander, and labour for my own ambition;...

I will not become a Napoleon nor an Alexander, and labour for my own ambition;...

Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of...

Your generous part in my liberation is taken by the world for the revelation of...

My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.

My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition.

I believe that the confidence of Hungary in me is not shaken by misfortune nor...

I believe that the confidence of Hungary in me is not shaken by misfortune nor...

I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.

I can understand Communism, but not Socialism.

The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble

The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble

I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came...

I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came...

Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator.

Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator.

The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world...

The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world...

Now since France has three times in sixty years failed to obtain practical results from...

Now since France has three times in sixty years failed to obtain practical results from...

Upon this the Hungarian ministers resigned, but the names submitted by the president of the...

Upon this the Hungarian ministers resigned, but the names submitted by the president of the...

Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose...

Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose...

Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a...

Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a...

The unspoken word never does harm.

The unspoken word never does harm.