Ludwig Kossuth, aus einer Rede gehalten am 3. März 1848 vor dem Reichstag in Pressburg

Yes, on us there falls the heavy curse of a suffocating smoke. From the charnel house of the Viennese system a polluted air is blowing over us, paralysing our nerves and stifling our spirit. ... A dynasty that is based on the freedom of peoples will always promote enthusiasm, for only a free man can be loyal in his heart. ... Yes, praiseworthy estates! It is my firm conviction that the future of the dynasty is bound up with confraternization between the different peoples of the Monarchy, and that this confraternization, taking into account the existing nationalities, can only be brought about with the cement of constitutionality that arouses similar feelings everywhere. Bureaus and bayonets are a miserable way of joining people together. …