In exile, I have tried to profit by the past and prepare for the future.

Quote by Lajos Kossuth

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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...

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...

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 have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States...

I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States...

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...

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.

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;...

I must therefore implore your indulgence for a pretty long and plain development of my...

I must therefore implore your indulgence for a pretty long and plain development of my...

If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I...

If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I...

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...

And if you cannot remain indifferent, you must resolve to throw your weight into that...

And if you cannot remain indifferent, you must resolve to throw your weight into that...

The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.

The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.

The policy of the house of Austria, which aimed at destroying the independence of Hungary...

The policy of the house of Austria, which aimed at destroying the independence of Hungary...

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...

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...

The unspoken word never does harm.

The unspoken word never does harm.

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...

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...

Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.

Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.

I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which...

I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which...