James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.
Kossuth
Expediency is the science of exigencies.
Liberty is a principle; its community is its security; exclusiveness is its doom.
No man can force the harp of his own individuality into the people’s heart; but every man may play upon the chords of the people’s heart, who draws his inspiration from the people’s instinct.
The instinctive feeling of a great people is often wiser than the wisest men.
The protection of God cannot without sacrilege be invoked but in behalf of justice and right.