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I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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I must therefore implore your indulgence for a pretty long and plain development of my views concerning that cause which the citizens of New York, and you particularly, gentlemen, honour with generous interest.

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And if you cannot remain indifferent, you must resolve to throw your weight into that balance in which the fate and condition of man is weighed.

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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.

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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.

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The unspoken word never does harm.

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Biography

Nationality: Hungarian

Type: Lawyer

Born: September 19th, 1802

Died: March 20th, 1894

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