I believe that the confidence of Hungary in me is not shaken by misfortune nor broken by my calumniators.
Bravery is often too sharp a spur.
It is chiefly in New York that I feel induced to urge this, because New York is, by innumerable ties, connected with Europe - more connected than several parts of Europe itself.
In exile, I have tried to profit by the past and prepare for the future.
Liberty is a principle; its community is its security; exclusiveness is its doom.
Nationality is the aggregated individuality of the greatest men of the nation.