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Quote by Lajos Kossuth
I cannot conceive how a man with understanding and with a sound heart, can be anything else than a good patriot and a lover of freedom.
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The speaker says that genuine understanding and a morally sound heart should lead a person to love their country and value freedom. The sentence presents patriotism and love of freedom as natural signs of good judgment and character, rather than as opposing loyalties.
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- Project Gutenberg, Select Speeches of Kossuth
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- Official Statement
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