Lajos Kossuth quotes

Lajos Kossuth was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, and statesman who became a leading figure in Hungary's fight for independence. A key voice during the 1848–49 revolution, he inspired many with his speeches and reforms. He is remembered as a national hero and champion of liberty in Hungarian history. Here are 37 of his quotes:

The unspoken word never does harm. (Lajos Kossuth)
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, and has full motive to do so. View quote
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The policy of the house of Austria, which aimed at destroying the independence of Hungary as a state, has been pursued unaltered for three hundred years. View quote
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I will not become a Napoleon nor an Alexander, and labour for my own ambition; but I will labour for freedom and for the moral well-being of man. View quote
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The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy. View quote
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History is the revelation of providence. View quote
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Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness. View quote
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The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble. View quote
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In exile, I have tried to profit by the past and prepare for the future. View quote
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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 regain independence and freedom. View quote
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Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies. (Lajos Kossuth)
The spirit of our age is Democracy. All for the people, and all by the people. Nothing about the people without the people... My nation will rise, called to resurrection by the eternal principles of the law of nature and of nature's God. It will not lie in the grave longer than the holy number three, and will require your magnanimity by becoming the corner-stone of national independence on the European Continent. View quote
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The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism. View quote
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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 weighed. View quote
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The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in Hungary, enjoining fidelity to the Constitution, and obedience to the ministers of Hungary. View quote
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You must be a power on earth, and must therefore accept all the consequences of this position. View quote
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If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics. View quote
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I believe that the confidence of Hungary in me is not shaken by misfortune nor broken by my calumniators. View quote
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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 allow the despots of the world to trample on oppressed humanity. View quote
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My nomination to be Governor was not to gratify ambition. View quote
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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 Southern parts of America. (Lajos Kossuth)
I can understand Communism, but not Socialism. View quote
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Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator. View quote
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Now since France has three times in sixty years failed to obtain practical results from Political revolutions, all Europe is apt to press forward into new Social doctrine to regulate the future. View quote
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I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation. View quote
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Lajos Kossuth

Lajos Kossuth - Image
Occupation: Hungarian Lawyer
Born: September 19, 1802
Died: March 20, 1894
Quotes count: 37
Wikipedia: Lajos Kossuth

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