I believe that the confidence of Hungary in me is not shaken by misfortune nor broken by my calumniators.

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.

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.

The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.

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.

I know that there is one God in heaven, the Father of all humanity, and heaven is therefore one. I know that there is one sun in the sky, which gives light to all the world. As there is unity in God, and unity in the light, so is there unity in the principles of freedom. Wherever it is broken, wherever a shadow is cast upon the sunny rays of the sun of liberty, there is always danger of free principles everywhere in the world.

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