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You must be a power on earth, and must therefore accept all the consequences of this position.

Lajos Kossuth

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Lajos Kossuth
Age: 87 †
Born: 1806
Born: April 27
Died: 1894
Died: March 20
Economist
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Louis Kossuth
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Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva
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