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If I had undertaken the practical direction of military operations, and anything went amiss, I feared that my conscience would torture me, as guilty of the fall of my country, as I had not been familiar with military tactics.
Lajos Kossuth
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Lajos Kossuth
Age: 87 †
Born: 1806
Born: April 27
Died: 1894
Died: March 20
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