Quotes by Lajos Kossuth

About Lajos Kossuth:

Lajos (Louis) Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Governor-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–49. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe. Kossuth's bronze bust can be found in the United States Capitol with the inscription: "Father of Hungarian Democracy, Hungarian Statesman, Freedom Fighter, 1848–1849".
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The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.

Lajos Kossuth

The unspoken word never does harm.

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Men like me, who merely wish to establish political freedom, will in such circumstances lose all their influence, and others will get influence who may become dangerous to all established interests whatsoever.

Lajos Kossuth

The house of Austria has publicly used every effort to deprive the country of its legitimate Independence and Constitution, designing to reduce it to a level with the other provinces long since deprived of all freedom, and to unite all in a common si...

Lajos Kossuth

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.

Lajos Kossuth

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

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

Lajos Kossuth

Author Bio

  • NameLajos Kossuth
  • DescriptionHungarian politician
  • BornSeptember 16, 1802
  • DiedMarch 20, 1894
  • CountryHungary
  • ProfessionEconomist; Journalist; Politician