Lajos Kossuth

thumb|right|Lajos Kossuth Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (English: Louis Kossuth; 19 September, 1802 – 20 March, 1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and governor-president of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–49. Quotes History is the revelation of providence. Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 278. “The spirit of our age is Democracy. All for the people, and all by the people. Nothing about the people without the people… My nation will rise, called to resurrection by the eternal principles of the law of nature and of nature’s God. It will not lie in the grave longer than the holy number three, and will require your magnanimity by becoming the corner-stone of national independence on the European Continent.” In front of Ohio's legislators on 7 february, 1852. Quotes about Kossuth For the first time after a long period we meet with a truly revolutionary figure, a man who in the name of his people dares to accept the challenge of a desperate struggle, who for his nation is Danton and Carnot in one person — Lajos Kossuth. Friedrich Engels, The Magyar Struggle (1849) External links 1849 newspaper article Lajos Kossuth in Scotland Lajos Kossuth in North America The Hungary Page, featuring Nobel Prize Winners and Famous Hungarians Part of his speech on a wax phonograph cylinder (1890) Early articles of "The Times" about Lajos Kussuth Early New York Times articles about Kossuth Category:Prime Ministers of Hungary Category:Politicians from Hungary Category:Lawyers from Hungary Category:Journalists from Hungary Category:Finance ministers Category:1894 deaths