Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness. Lajos Kossuth More Quotes by Lajos Kossuth More Quotes From Lajos Kossuth I am a straightforward man. Lajos Kossuth straightforward men The tongue of man is powerful enough to render the ideas which the human intellect conceives; but in the realm of true and deep sentiments it is but a weak interpreter. These are inexpressible, like the endless glory of the Omnipotent. Lajos Kossuth powerful men ideas 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. Lajos Kossuth military country fall Now that I am a deputy, I will cease to be an agitator. Lajos Kossuth deputies cease No man can force the harp of his own individuality into the people's heart; but every man may play upon the chords of the people's heart, who draws his inspiration from the people's instinct. Lajos Kossuth inspiration heart sympathy The protection of God cannot, without sacrilege, be invoked but in behalf of justice and right. Lajos Kossuth protection prayer justice Justice is immortal, eternal, and immutable, like God Himself; and the development of law is only then a progress when it is directed towards those principles which like Him, are eternal; and whenever prejudice or error succeeds in establishing in customary law any doctrine contrary to eternal justice. Lajos Kossuth errors law justice History is the revelation of Providence. Lajos Kossuth revelations providence god In exile, I have tried to profit by the past and prepare for the future. Lajos Kossuth exile profit past 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 moral ambition men Ethics may be defined as the obligations of morality. Lajos Kossuth ethics morality may I consider that it is on instruction and education that the future security and direction of the destiny of every nation chiefly and fundamentally rests. Lajos Kossuth destiny instruction education Light has spread, and even bayonets think. Lajos Kossuth bayonets light thinking The brave are parsimonious of threats. Lajos Kossuth threat brave bravery To know a people's character, we must see it at its homes, and look chiefly to the humbler abodes where that portion of the people dwells which makes the broad basis of the national prosperity. Lajos Kossuth home character people Let him who looks for a monument to Washington look around the United States. Your freedom, your independence, your national power, your prosperity, and your prodigious growth are a monument to him. Lajos Kossuth independence united-states growth Old age likes to dwell in the recollections of the past, and, mistaking, the speedy march of years, often is inclined to take the prudence of the winter time for a fat wisdom of, midsummer days. Manhood is bent to the passing cares of the passing moment, and holds so closely to his eyes the sheet of, "to-day," that it screens the "to-morrow" from his sight. Lajos Kossuth eye winter past Judgment of the people is often wiser than the wisest men. Lajos Kossuth wisest-man men people The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy. Lajos Kossuth radical-change management world 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 fate europe america
