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.
Yet my humble capacity has not preserved me from calumnies.
Liberty is a principle; its community is its security; exclusiveness is its doom.
It is well to be independent also well not to be neutral.
Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness.
I have to thank the people, Congress and Government of the United States, for my liberation from captivity.