Yesterday Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke in Budapest on the 170th anniversary of the Revolution of 1848. Many thanks to CrossWare for the translation, and to Vlad Tepes for the subtitling:
Video transcript (no times, paragraphed):
Welcome, everybody, to the ceremony of Freedom.
I would like to respectfully welcome the participants from the Peace March, and I would like to welcome with special appreciation our Polish friends. Our cohesion is natural; our connection to each other is a source of energy. At the time of ‘Father’ Kossuth [Father = term of respect] they wrote: Hungary and Poland are two immortal oaks. that grew separate tree trunks, but their roots are intertwined, so one’s existence and strength is a condition of the other’s health and existence. This is no different today. If Poland is strong, then Hungary cannot be lost, either. If we are strong, we can help our Polish friends. That is why the Peace March is not only an assembly for the cause of the homeland, but also a stand for Poland, too. Respect for Poland! Respect for Hungary!
Again came the day — respected celebrating compatriots — that lifts up the hearts of every Hungarian. That day when they wrote a word in the Hungarian language into the great book of history: Freedom! This day many of us congregate to celebrate the brave, bow down before the memory of the heroes. Today a lot of us are gathered here because of — besides the tribute — a special reason. In not much more than three weeks we will decide the fate of Hungary. For this election, not only the next four years will be at stake.
I knew there would be a lot of us; I knew I would see resolute faces. Today we need exactly that. Seriousness and intrepidity, because we must discuss serious things. Just as serious things as were discussed 170 years ago [Revolution of 1848, when Hungary became separate from Austria]. We are the successors of 48’s freedom fighters and revolutionaries. That is why — just like 170 years ago — today we must also speak honestly and directly. If we do not say clearly what is happening with Hungary, and why what is happening is happening, then nobody would understand it. And if we do not understand, we can’t make a good decision three weeks from now. That is why directly, without opportunism, and without being demure, we must speak.
Petőfi clearly asked: “Shall we be slaves or be free?” Everybody understood it, and everybody knew the answer for this. We have done a lot of things together in the last 30 years, lots of struggles, and memorable battles we fought together. But the greatest things we could achieve in our lifetime, the utmost battles that we could fight together, are still ahead of us. And by all signs, right now, just coming up. The situation, my dear friends, is: They want to take away our country! Not with a stroke of the pen, like they did 100 years ago at Trianon [WW1 treaty that divided up Hungary]. Now — in just a couple of decades — they want us to hand it over willingly to others. To strangers from another continent, who do not speak our language, who do not respect our culture, our laws and our way of life. Who want to replace our way of life with theirs. From now on they do not want us and our descendants to live here, but someone else.
There is no exaggeration in this! We can see it day by day, as great European peoples and nations, step by step, area by area, from city to city, lose their homeland. The situation is such that those who do not stop the migration at their borders will be lost. Slowly but surely they will be consumed. All of this by external forces, international powers that are trying to force it upon us, with the help of their local allies, and they see the upcoming election as a great opportunity for this.
Respected ladies and gentlemen: The legacy of 1848 is that Hungary shall be a free, independent and HUNGARIAN country. In this there is everything that we would need today. As Széchényi said: “National orderliness, educated people, and a self-sufficient country.” Then he added: “Many think Hungary has been. I would like to believe: it will be.” Today we would answer the earl: Hungary WAS, IS… The question is: WILL IT BE?
So, my dear friends, we not only want to win an election, but our future too. Europe, and in it, we Hungarians are at an historic turning point. Never before have the national and globalists forces so openly strained against each other. On one side: us, the millions with national sentiments. On the other side: the elite world citizens. On one side: us, who believe in nation states, the defense of borders, in the value of families and work. And on the opposite side: those who want open societies, a world without nations and borders, who want new types of families, devalued work, and cheap labor. Above them rules an army of inexorable, impenetrable and unaccountable bureaucrats. The national and democratic forces on one side, supranational, undemocratic forces on the other side. This is how the situation looks in Hungary 24 days before the election.
Respected celebrators, respected Peace March members! The end of the work that needs to be done is far away. But the results of the last eight years speak for themselves. To remind you of those is important, but not enough! Europe and Hungary are in the middle of a war between civilizations. We face a migration that upsets our order and puts at risk our way of life. At the same time, we must protect our achievements, and begin to fight for the persistence of meaning. Without preserving our way of life, everything will lose meaning. If the country is no longer Hungarian, what is all the “orderliness” for?
Let’s not delude ourselves [refers to Earl Széchényi’s sentence]; we do not have to fight against the anemic opposition parties, but an international network that has been organized into an empire. Media financed by foreign groups, and a domestic oligarchy, professional activists for rent, agitators, organizers of riots, chains of NGOs paid by international speculators, which can be summed up with George Soros’ name, since he personifies it. This is the world we must fight against, to defend our own.
A good soldier does not fight because he hates the opponent before him, but because he loves what is behind him. Loves Hungary and the Hungarian people.
Respected celebrators: we grew out of Christian culture; we differentiate between the man and his deeds. We never hated and we will never hate anybody. Just the opposite: we continue to believe in the power of love and unity. But we will fight against what George Soros’ empire does and wants to do against our country. This is our home; this is our life; we do not have another one, so we will fight to the end for it and never give up… ever!
We know that in every constituency they will be against our candidates. Their mission — once they grasp power — to execute the “Great Plan”. The Great Plan is to break Hungary, which stands in the way of the migration, and bring first thousands of migrants, then ten thousand, later tens of thousands to be settled in Hungary.
In these numbers there is no exaggeration! Europe is already under an invasion. If we let it, in the coming decades, tens of millions will begin to move into Europe from Africa and the Middle East. Western Europe is watching this with their hands in the air. Whoever puts his hands up is disarming himself. He is no longer making decisions about his fate. The history of the losers will be written by others in the years ahead. The young people in Western Europe will see it, when they become a minority in their own country and they lose the only thing in the world they can call home. Such forces as now reveal themselves have not been seen in the world for a long time.
Africa will have ten times more young people than Europe. If Europe does nothing, they will kick down the doors, and Brussels will not protect Europe. They do not want to stop the migration, but rather to support it and organize it. They want to dilute and replace the people of Europe! They [Brussels] throw them our way of life, our culture and everything, what separates us and differentiates us Europeans from other nations of the world. It is a meager consolation that the European nations will not forgive those leaders who — without asking the people — totally changed Europe.
Let us be proud that we were the ONLY country in the entire Union that asked the people if they want mass immigration.
Respected ladies and gentlemen, respected celebrators: in three weeks, we will have an election. The list of parties has been published; the candidates are registered. We know them. There are some we have battled with for 30 years, and some for ten years, but sometimes it feels like a hundred years. We can’t have illusions; let’s learn from our past. They themselves acknowledged they were lying in the morning, at noon and in the evening — without taking a breath. We must prepare for the fact that in the end, against our candidate will stand one of Soros’ candidates. Perhaps ostensibly more than one of them will start, some of them with the parking brake on; others will step down at the last minute; some of the others will pretend they are not even there. We must prepare also; they will try to wear disguises. Last time they hid behind a candidate disguised as an independent. They were afraid to openly acknowledge their owner. They know that if they openly stand in front of the country and say who is paying them, they have no chance. Everybody knows that we, the migration-opposing Hungarians, are the majority. Our opponents only have a chance if they can divide our camp, if they can break our unity.
Their goal is to talk of anything except the trouble that endangers Hungary. Our opponents know that the fate of Hungary could now be decided for decades. That is why they are undeterred by anything. They do not argue, but censor. They do not fence, but pinch, kick, bite and sow the seeds of hatred wherever they go. We are a lenient and jovial people, but we are not blind or dupes. After the election we will have our satisfaction — moral, political and legal satisfactions, too. But right now we can’t waste our strength or our time. We should shake off the attacks, like a dog shakes off water. Only think of our mission, only think of our common goals, turn our strength towards defending Hungary. Let’s not forget the first rule of election fights: strength is in unity! One camp, one flag, and everybody is needed!
Respected ladies and gentlemen… I know this struggle is hard for everyone. I understand it if some are scared. It’s understandable, because we must fight an opponent who is very different than we are. Not with an open helmet [= fair fighting], but hiding. Not straightforward, but crafty. Not fair, but excremental. Not nationalist, but internationalist, who does not believe in honest work, but in financial speculation; who does not have a homeland, because he feels he owns the whole world. He is not generous, but vengeful. And he always attacks the heart, especially if it’s red, white, and green [national colors of Hungary].
But my dear friends: we always knew that there is a great deal at stake. Hungarian history accustomed us to having to fight for the same things that are natural for luckier people. For us it’s enough that there is a single wobbly leader; enough that there is a clumsy government. A single election result goes awry, and everything vanishes that for years we worked so hard for. This is such a drafty corner of the world, where history never leaves us alone, no matter how much we feel that we deserve a break. Our ancestors phrased it correctly: Cowardly people have no homeland! And we gathered our courage when we needed it.
It has never been easy. Look at the sculptures in the square: Andrássy was sentenced to death by the Emperor in Vienna; Rákóczi died while he was in exile. Kossuth was ousted by the Labanc [German, Austrian troops for the Habsburg Emperor]. István Tisza was shot by communists. It was never easy. But in the end we were always victorious. In the end we sent the Sultan home with his janissaries, the Habsburg Emperor with his Labanc, the Soviets with their comrades, and now we will send “Uncle” George home with his network. We want to ask you to go back to the United States and bring “happiness” to the Americans. [Chanting: go back, go back, go back]
Respected ladies and gentlemen, it’s a real mystery, after so much tragedy, that we could overcome, and how it is possible, after a thousand years, that we are still here. Perhaps because we always knew that our existence had meaning outside of ourselves. We always knew there is a culture here, a soul and a spirit, which across centuries raised our hearts, consoled the people, and which also vitalizes us. We still have a uniting, unifying conception. We still have our national self-esteem. We did not drift so far from Christianity that our anchor line might break away.
But fate sometimes falters with us, too. Sometimes our national pride gets dented. But we never gave these up, so we never got lost, and that is why they arise again and again, overflow, and captivate our hearts.
Respected celebrators: We know we are not a people without faults. And in our history there were also dark hours and cold days. But we are sure that we gave the world more than we received back. The world would be poorer without the Hungarians; the history of Central Europe would be more painful; and without us, the Carpathian valley would be a worse place, too.
So we have a right to exist. We have no reason to fear now, either; we have only to say: Whoever is Hungarian, be with us! We will be victorious, again and again. We will win, because Hungary is for the Hungarians!
Respected ladies and gentlemen, respected celebrators: In 2010, when we recovered, revolted and started to fight for the Hungarians in Brussels and the other centers of the Empire, we were alone. But since then the Poles arrived. Then the Slovaks and the Czechs. Then America elected a president who opposes [illegal] migration. The Brits have also set foot on their own path. Israel still perseveres. In Austria the patriots took power, and the Italians also said NO to immigration.
The question is only that: did we Hungarians learn from the mistakes of others? Did we understand that this can be messed up only once? If we screwed it up, that’s the end of it! There is no other chance, no second examination; if the dam bursts, the flood will enter, and the cultural occupation will become irreversible. As a stake, our future is on the table.
Because of that, I would like to separately address the young people. When else can we do that, if not on March 15th? Dear youngsters: perhaps you feel like the world is yours for the taking. That, and give me the lion, too! And you are right. The lack of ambition is mediocrity itself. And life is not worth anything, if someone does not begin something with it. But… In your life will come a moment when you realize you need a place, a language, a home, where one can be with his own safely, surrounded by love, can live out his life. A place where you can return, a place where you can feel life is not without meaning, and even at the end, will not fall into nothingness. It will add and build on the thousand-year-old great creation, which we simply call “homeland”, the Hungarian homeland.
Respected Hungarian youngsters, your homeland now needs you! The homeland needs you; come and fight with us, so when the time comes that you need the homeland, you will still have it.
Respected ladies and gentlemen, I think we have talked everything through! We collected the [horse] trappings; we saddled up and prepared for the three-week election campaign. The only thing left is to ask the good Lord — now we are not singing it as we usually do, but in prose, in a poem, as Ferenc Kölcsei taught us. We have never done it like this before. Let’s try it together! O, God: bless the nation of Hungary. With your grace and bounty extend over it your guarding arm during strife with its enemies. Long torn by ill fate, bring upon it a time of relief. This nation has suffered for all sins of the past and of the future!
Hungarians! Raise high the flags! Go and fight; long live Hungarian freedom, and long live the homeland. Up for victory! Hoorah Hungary, hoorah Hungarians!
Video transcript (with times):
| 00:04 | Welcome, everybody, to the ceremony of Freedom. | |
| 00:08 | I would like to respectfully welcome | |
| 00:12 | the participants from the Peace March, and I would | |
| 00:16 | like to welcome with special appreciation our Polish friends. | |
| 00:28 | Our cohesion is natural; our connection | |
| 00:32 | to each other is a source of energy. At the time of ‘Father’ Kossuth [Father = term of respect] | |
| 00:36 | they wrote: Hungary | |
| 00:40 | and Poland are two immortal oaks. | |
| 00:44 | that grew separate tree trunks, | |
| 00:48 | but their roots are intertwined, so one’s existence | |
| 00:52 | and strength is a condition of the other’s | |
| 00:56 | health and existence. This is no different today. | |
| 01:00 | If Poland is strong, | |
| 01:04 | then Hungary cannot be lost, either. If we are strong, | |
| 01:08 | we can help our Polish friends. That is why | |
| 01:12 | the Peace March is not only an assembly | |
| 01:16 | for the cause of the homeland, but also a | |
| 01:20 | stand for Poland, too. Respect for Poland! | |
| 01:24 | Respect for Hungary! | |
| 01:36 | Again came the day — respected celebrating compatriots — | |
| 01:40 | that lifts up the hearts of every Hungarian. | |
| 01:44 | That day when they wrote a word in the Hungarian language | |
| 01:48 | into the great book of history: Freedom! | |
| 01:52 | This day many of us congregate | |
| 01:56 | to celebrate the brave, bow down | |
| 02:00 | before the memory of the heroes. | |
| 02:04 | Today a lot of us are gathered here | |
| 02:08 | because of — besides the tribute — a special reason. | |
| 02:12 | In not much more than three weeks | |
| 02:16 | we will decide the fate of Hungary. | |
| 02:20 | For this election, not only the next four years will be at stake. | |
| 02:24 | I knew there would be a lot of us; | |
| 02:28 | I knew I would see resolute faces. | |
| 02:32 | Today we need exactly that. | |
| 02:36 | Seriousness and intrepidity, | |
| 02:40 | because we must discuss serious things. | |
| 02:44 | Just as serious things | |
| 02:48 | as were discussed 170 years ago [Revolution of 1848, when Hungary became separate from Austria]. | |
| 02:52 | We are the successors of 48’s freedom fighters and revolutionaries. | |
| 02:56 | That is why — just like 170 years ago — | |
| 03:00 | today we must also speak honestly and directly. | |
| 03:04 | If we do not say clearly | |
| 03:08 | what is happening with Hungary, | |
| 03:12 | and why what is happening is happening, | |
| 03:16 | then nobody would understand it. And if we do not understand, | |
| 03:20 | we can’t make a good decision three weeks from now. | |
| 03:24 | That is why directly, without opportunism, | |
| 03:28 | and without being demure, we must speak. | |
| 03:32 | Petőfi clearly asked: | |
| 03:36 | “Shall we be slaves or be free?” | |
| 03:40 | Everybody understood it, and everybody | |
| 03:44 | knew the answer for this. We have done a lot of things | |
| 03:48 | together in the last 30 years, lots of struggles, | |
| 03:52 | and memorable battles we fought together. | |
| 03:56 | But the greatest things | |
| 04:00 | we could achieve in our lifetime, the utmost battles | |
| 04:04 | that we could fight together, are still ahead of us. | |
| 04:08 | And by all signs, right now, just coming up. | |
| 04:12 | The situation, my dear friends, is: | |
| 04:16 | They want to take away our country! | |
| 04:20 | Not with a stroke of the pen, like they did | |
| 04:24 | 100 years ago at Trianon [WW1 treaty that divided up Hungary]. Now — in just a couple of decades — | |
| 04:28 | they want us to hand it over willingly to others. | |
| 04:32 | To strangers from another continent, | |
| 04:36 | who do not speak our language, who | |
| 04:40 | do not respect our culture, our laws and our way of life. | |
| 04:44 | Who want to replace our way of life | |
| 04:48 | with theirs. From now on | |
| 04:52 | they do not want us and our descendants | |
| 04:56 | to live here, but someone else. | |
| 05:00 | There is no exaggeration in this! | |
| 05:04 | We can see it day by day, as great European peoples | |
| 05:08 | and nations, step by step, | |
| 05:12 | area by area, from city to city, | |
| 05:16 | lose their homeland. The situation is such | |
| 05:20 | that those who do not stop | |
| 05:24 | the migration at their borders will be lost. | |
| 05:28 | Slowly but surely they will be consumed. | |
| 05:32 | All of this by external forces, | |
| 05:36 | international powers that are trying to force it upon us, | |
| 05:40 | with the help of their local allies, and they see | |
| 05:44 | the upcoming election as a great opportunity for this. | |
| 05:48 | Respected ladies and gentlemen: The legacy | |
| 05:52 | of 1848 is that Hungary shall be a free, | |
| 05:56 | independent and HUNGARIAN country. | |
| 06:00 | In this there is everything that we would need today. As Széchényi said: | |
| 06:04 | “National orderliness, | |
| 06:08 | educated people, and a self-sufficient country.” | |
| 06:12 | Then he added: “Many think | |
| 06:16 | Hungary has been. I would like to believe: | |
| 06:20 | it will be.” Today we would answer the earl: | |
| 06:24 | Hungary WAS, IS… | |
| 06:28 | The question is: WILL IT BE? | |
| 06:32 | So, my dear friends, we not only want to win an election, | |
| 06:36 | but our future too. Europe, | |
| 06:40 | and in it, we Hungarians are at | |
| 06:44 | an historic turning point. | |
| 06:48 | Never before have the national and globalists forces | |
| 06:52 | so openly strained against each other. On one side: us, | |
| 06:56 | the millions with national sentiments. | |
| 07:00 | On the other side: the elite world citizens. | |
| 07:04 | On one side: us, who believe in nation states, | |
| 07:08 | the defense of borders, in the value of families and work. | |
| 07:12 | And on the opposite side: those who want open societies, | |
| 07:16 | a world without nations and borders, | |
| 07:20 | who want new types of families, devalued work, | |
| 07:24 | and cheap labor. Above them rules | |
| 07:28 | an army of inexorable, impenetrable | |
| 07:32 | and unaccountable bureaucrats. The national and democratic forces on one side, | |
| 07:36 | supranational, undemocratic forces | |
| 07:40 | on the other side. This is how the situation | |
| 07:44 | looks in Hungary 24 days before the election. | |
| 07:48 | Respected celebrators, respected Peace March members! | |
| 07:52 | The end of the work that needs to be done is far away. | |
| 07:56 | But the results of the last eight years speak for themselves. | |
| 08:00 | To remind you of those is important, | |
| 08:04 | but not enough! Europe and Hungary | |
| 08:08 | are in the middle of a war between civilizations. | |
| 08:12 | We face a migration | |
| 08:16 | that upsets our order and puts at risk | |
| 08:20 | our way of life. At the same time, we must | |
| 08:24 | protect our achievements, and begin to fight | |
| 08:28 | for the persistence of meaning. | |
| 08:32 | Without preserving our way of life, everything will lose meaning. | |
| 08:36 | If the country is no longer Hungarian, | |
| 08:40 | what is all the “orderliness” for? Let’s not delude ourselves [refers to Earl Széchényi’s sentence]; | |
| 08:44 | we do not have to fight against | |
| 08:48 | the anemic opposition parties, but an international | |
| 08:52 | network that has been organized into an empire. | |
| 08:56 | Media financed by foreign groups, | |
| 09:00 | and a domestic oligarchy, professional activists for rent, | |
| 09:04 | agitators, organizers of riots, | |
| 09:08 | chains of NGOs paid by international speculators, | |
| 09:12 | which can be summed up with George Soros’ name, | |
| 09:16 | since he personifies it. This is the world we must fight against, | |
| 09:20 | to defend our own. | |
| 09:24 | A good soldier does not fight because | |
| 09:28 | he hates the opponent before him, | |
| 09:32 | but because he loves what is behind him. Loves Hungary | |
| 09:36 | and the Hungarian people. | |
| 09:44 | Respected celebrators: | |
| 09:48 | we grew out of Christian culture; we differentiate | |
| 09:52 | between the man and his deeds. | |
| 09:56 | We never hated and we will never hate anybody. | |
| 10:00 | Just the opposite: | |
| 10:04 | we continue to believe in the power of love and unity. | |
| 10:08 | But we will fight against | |
| 10:12 | what George Soros’ empire does and wants to do against our country. | |
| 10:16 | This is our home; this is our life; we do not have another one, | |
| 10:20 | so we will fight to the end for it | |
| 10:24 | and never give up… ever! | |
| 10:36 | We know that in every constituency | |
| 10:40 | they will be against our candidates. | |
| 10:44 | Their mission — once they grasp power — | |
| 10:48 | to execute the “Great Plan”. | |
| 10:52 | The Great Plan is to break Hungary, which stands in the way of the migration, | |
| 10:56 | and bring first thousands of migrants, then ten thousand, | |
| 11:00 | later tens of thousands to be settled in Hungary. | |
| 11:04 | In these numbers there is no exaggeration! | |
| 11:08 | Europe is already under an invasion. | |
| 11:12 | If we let it, in the coming decades, | |
| 11:16 | tens of millions will begin to move into Europe | |
| 11:20 | from Africa and the Middle East. | |
| 11:24 | Western Europe is watching this | |
| 11:28 | with their hands in the air. Whoever puts his hands up | |
| 11:32 | is disarming himself. He is no longer making decisions | |
| 11:36 | about his fate. The history of the losers | |
| 11:40 | will be written by others in the years ahead. The young people in Western Europe | |
| 11:44 | will see it, when they become a minority | |
| 11:48 | in their own country and they lose | |
| 11:52 | the only thing in the world they can call home. | |
| 11:56 | Such forces as now reveal themselves have not been seen in the world | |
| 12:00 | for a long time. Africa will have ten times more young people | |
| 12:04 | than Europe. If Europe does nothing, | |
| 12:08 | they will kick down the doors, and Brussels will not protect | |
| 12:12 | Europe. They do not want to stop the migration, | |
| 12:16 | but rather to support it and organize it. | |
| 12:20 | They want to dilute and replace the people of Europe! | |
| 12:24 | They [Brussels] throw them our way of life, our culture | |
| 12:28 | and everything, what separates us and | |
| 12:32 | differentiates us Europeans from other nations of the world. | |
| 12:36 | It is a meager consolation that the European nations | |
| 12:40 | will not forgive those leaders who | |
| 12:44 | — without asking the people — totally changed | |
| 12:48 | Europe. Let us be proud that we | |
| 12:52 | were the ONLY country in the entire Union | |
| 12:56 | that asked the people if they want mass immigration. | |
| 13:08 | Respected ladies and gentlemen, respected celebrators: | |
| 13:12 | in three weeks, we will have an election. The list of parties has been published; | |
| 13:16 | the candidates are registered. | |
| 13:20 | We know them. | |
| 13:24 | There are some we have battled with for 30 years, and some for ten years, | |
| 13:28 | but sometimes it feels like a hundred years. | |
| 13:32 | We can’t have illusions; let’s learn from our past. | |
| 13:36 | They themselves acknowledged they were lying | |
| 13:40 | in the morning, at noon and in the evening — without taking a breath. | |
| 13:44 | We must prepare for the fact that in the end, against our candidate | |
| 13:48 | will stand one of Soros’ candidates. Perhaps | |
| 13:52 | ostensibly more than one of them will start, | |
| 13:56 | some of them with the parking brake on; others will step down at the last minute; | |
| 14:00 | some of the others will pretend they are not even there. | |
| 14:04 | We must prepare also; | |
| 14:08 | they will try to wear disguises. Last time they hid behind | |
| 14:12 | a candidate disguised as an independent. They were | |
| 14:16 | afraid to openly acknowledge their owner. They know that if they openly | |
| 14:20 | stand in front of the country and say who is paying them, | |
| 14:24 | they have no chance. | |
| 14:28 | Everybody knows that we, | |
| 14:32 | the migration-opposing Hungarians, are the majority. | |
| 14:36 | Our opponents only have a chance if | |
| 14:40 | they can divide our camp, if they can break our unity. | |
| 14:44 | Their goal is | |
| 14:48 | to talk of anything except the trouble that endangers Hungary. | |
| 14:52 | Our opponents know | |
| 14:56 | that the fate of Hungary could now be decided for decades. | |
| 15:00 | That is why they are undeterred by anything. | |
| 15:04 | They do not argue, but censor. | |
| 15:08 | They do not fence, but pinch, kick, bite | |
| 15:12 | and sow the seeds of hatred wherever they go. | |
| 15:16 | We are a lenient and jovial people, | |
| 15:20 | but we are not blind or dupes. | |
| 15:24 | After the election we will have our satisfaction — | |
| 15:28 | moral, political and legal satisfactions, too. | |
| 15:32 | But right now we can’t waste our strength | |
| 15:36 | or our time. We should | |
| 15:40 | shake off the attacks, like a dog shakes off water. Only think of | |
| 15:44 | our mission, only think of our common goals, | |
| 15:48 | turn our strength towards defending Hungary. Let’s not forget | |
| 15:52 | the first rule of election fights: strength is in unity! | |
| 15:56 | One camp, one flag, and everybody is needed! | |
| 16:00 | Respected ladies and gentlemen… | |
| 16:08 | I know this struggle is hard for everyone. | |
| 16:12 | I understand it if some are scared. | |
| 16:16 | It’s understandable, because we must fight | |
| 16:20 | an opponent who is very different than we are. | |
| 16:24 | Not with an open helmet [= fair fighting], | |
| 16:28 | but hiding. Not straightforward, but crafty. | |
| 16:32 | Not fair, but excremental. Not nationalist, but internationalist, | |
| 16:36 | who does not believe in honest work, but in financial speculation; | |
| 16:40 | who does not have a homeland, because he feels | |
| 16:44 | he owns the whole world. He is not generous, | |
| 16:48 | but vengeful. And he always attacks the heart, | |
| 16:52 | especially if it’s red, white, and green [national colors of Hungary]. | |
| 16:56 | But my dear friends: we always knew that there is a great deal at stake. | |
| 17:00 | Hungarian history accustomed us to | |
| 17:04 | having to fight for the same things that are natural | |
| 17:08 | for luckier people. For us it’s enough that | |
| 17:12 | there is a single wobbly leader; enough that there is a clumsy government. | |
| 17:16 | A single election result goes awry, | |
| 17:20 | and everything vanishes that for years | |
| 17:24 | we worked so hard for. This is such | |
| 17:28 | A drafty corner of the world, | |
| 17:32 | where history never leaves us alone, | |
| 17:36 | no matter how much we feel that we deserve a break. | |
| 17:40 | Our ancestors phrased it correctly: Cowardly people have no homeland! | |
| 17:44 | And we gathered our courage when we needed it. | |
| 17:48 | It has never been easy. Look at | |
| 17:52 | the sculptures in the square: Andrássy | |
| 17:56 | was sentenced to death by the Emperor in Vienna; Rákóczi | |
| 18:00 | died while he was in exile. Kossuth | |
| 18:04 | was ousted by the Labanc [German, Austrian troops for the Habsburg Emperor]. | |
| 18:08 | István Tisza was shot by communists. It was never easy. | |
| 18:12 | But in the end we were always victorious. | |
| 18:16 | In the end we sent the Sultan home with his janissaries, | |
| 18:20 | the Habsburg Emperor with his Labanc, the Soviets with | |
| 18:24 | their comrades, and now we will send “Uncle” George home | |
| 18:28 | with his network. We want to ask you | |
| 18:32 | to go back to the United States and bring “happiness” to the Americans. | |
| 18:36 | [Chanting: go back, go back, go back] | |
| 18:44 | Respected ladies and gentlemen… | |
| 18:48 | Respected ladies and gentlemen, it’s a real mystery, | |
| 18:52 | after so much tragedy, that we could overcome, | |
| 18:56 | and how it is possible, after a thousand years, | |
| 19:00 | that we are still here. Perhaps | |
| 19:04 | because we always knew that our existence | |
| 19:08 | had meaning outside of ourselves. | |
| 19:12 | We always knew there is a culture here, | |
| 19:16 | a soul and a spirit, which across centuries | |
| 19:20 | raised our hearts, consoled the people, | |
| 19:24 | and which also vitalizes us. | |
| 19:28 | We still have a uniting, unifying conception. | |
| 19:32 | We still have our national self-esteem. | |
| 19:36 | We did not drift so far from Christianity | |
| 19:40 | that our anchor line might break away. | |
| 19:44 | But fate sometimes falters with us, too. | |
| 19:48 | Sometimes our national pride gets dented. | |
| 19:52 | But we never gave these up, so we never got lost, | |
| 19:56 | and that is why they arise again and again, | |
| 20:00 | Overflow, and captivate our hearts. | |
| 20:04 | Respected celebrators: | |
| 20:08 | We know we are not a people without faults. | |
| 20:12 | And in our history there were also dark hours | |
| 20:16 | and cold days. But we are sure | |
| 20:20 | That we gave the world more | |
| 20:24 | than we received back. The world | |
| 20:28 | would be poorer without the Hungarians; | |
| 20:32 | the history of Central Europe would be more painful; | |
| 20:36 | and without us, the Carpathian valley would be a worse place, too. | |
| 20:40 | So we have a right to exist. We have no reason to fear now, either; | |
| 20:44 | we have only to say: Whoever is Hungarian, be with us! | |
| 20:48 | We will be victorious, again and again. | |
| 20:52 | We will win, because Hungary is for the Hungarians! | |
| 21:04 | Respected ladies and gentlemen, respected celebrators: | |
| 21:08 | In 2010, when we recovered, | |
| 21:12 | revolted and started to fight for the Hungarians in Brussels | |
| 21:16 | and the other centers of the Empire, we were alone. | |
| 21:20 | But since then the Poles arrived. | |
| 21:24 | Then the Slovaks and the Czechs. | |
| 21:28 | Then America elected a president who opposes [illegal] migration. | |
| 21:32 | The Brits have also set foot on their own path. | |
| 21:36 | Israel still perseveres. In Austria the patriots took power, | |
| 21:40 | and the Italians also said NO to immigration. | |
| 21:44 | The question is only that… | |
| 21:48 | The question is only that: | |
| 21:52 | did we Hungarians learn from the mistakes of others? | |
| 21:56 | Did we understand that this can be messed up only once? | |
| 22:00 | If we screwed it up, that’s the end of it! | |
| 22:04 | There is no other chance, no second examination; | |
| 22:08 | if the dam bursts, the flood will enter, | |
| 22:12 | and the cultural occupation | |
| 22:16 | will become irreversible. As a stake, | |
| 22:20 | our future is on the table. | |
| 22:24 | Because of that, I would like to separately address the young people. | |
| 22:28 | When else can we do that, if not on March 15th? | |
| 22:32 | Dear youngsters: perhaps you feel like | |
| 22:36 | the world is yours for the taking. | |
| 22:40 | That, and give me the lion, too! And you are right. | |
| 22:44 | The lack of ambition is mediocrity itself. | |
| 22:48 | And life is not worth anything, if someone | |
| 22:52 | does not begin something with it. But… | |
| 22:56 | In your life will come a moment when you realize | |
| 23:00 | you need a place, a language, | |
| 23:04 | a home, where one can be with his own | |
| 23:08 | safely, surrounded by love, | |
| 23:12 | can live out his life. A place where you can return, | |
| 23:16 | a place where you can feel life is not without meaning, | |
| 23:20 | and even at the end, will not fall into nothingness. | |
| 23:24 | It will add and build on the thousand-year-old great creation, | |
| 23:28 | which we simply call “homeland”, the Hungarian homeland. | |
| 23:32 | Respected Hungarian youngsters, your homeland now | |
| 23:36 | needs you! The homeland needs you; | |
| 23:40 | come and fight with us, so when the time comes that you need | |
| 23:44 | the homeland, you will still have it. | |
| 23:56 | Respected ladies and gentlemen, | |
| 24:00 | I think we have talked everything through! | |
| 24:04 | We collected the [horse] trappings; | |
| 24:08 | we saddled up and prepared | |
| 24:12 | for the three-week election campaign. | |
| 24:16 | The only thing left is to ask the good Lord — | |
| 24:20 | now we are not singing it as we usually do, | |
| 24:24 | but in prose, in a poem, | |
| 24:28 | as Ferenc Kölcsei taught us. We have never | |
| 24:32 | done it like this before. Let’s try it together! | |
| 24:36 | O, God: bless the nation of Hungary. With your grace and bounty | |
| 24:40 | extend over it your guarding arm during strife with its enemies. | |
| 24:48 | Long torn by ill fate, bring upon it a time of relief. | |
| 24:52 | This nation has suffered for all sins of the past and of the future! | |
| 24:56 | …Hungarians! | |
| 25:00 | Raise high the flags! Go and fight; long live | |
| 25:04 | Hungarian freedom, and long live the homeland. | |
| 25:08 | Up for victory! Hoorah Hungary, hoorah Hungarians! |
1848 March 15, our national hero and poet Sándor Petőfi stood in front of his fellow citizens and recited his poem:
National Song
On your feet now, Hungary calls you!
Now is the moment, nothing stalls you,
Shall we be slaves or men set free
That is the question, answer me!
By all the gods of Hungary
We hereby swear,
That we the yoke of slavery
No more shall wear.
Slaves we have been to this hour,
Our forefathers who fell from power
Fell free and lived as free men will,
On land that was their own to till,
By all the gods of Hungary
We hereby swear,
That we the yoke of slavery
No more shall wear.
Whoever now his life begrudges
Deserves his death with thieves and drudges,
For setting his own worthless hide
Above his country’s need and pride.
By all the gods of Hungary
We hereby swear,
That we the yoke of slavery
No more shall wear.
The sword shines brighter than the fetters
It is the finery of our betters,
Of slaves and fetters we grow bored.
Leap to my side, ancestral sword.
By all the gods of Hungary
We hereby swear,
That we the yoke of slavery
No more shall wear.
Magyars, once more our name and story
Shall match our ancestors’ in glory
The centuries of shame and hurt
Can now be washed away like dirt.
By all the gods of Hungary
We hereby swear,
That we the yoke of slavery
No more shall wear.
And wheresoever we may perish
Grandchildren those graves shall cherish
Singing our praises in their prayers
To thank us that our names are theirs.
By all the gods of Hungary
We hereby swear,
That we the yoke of slavery
No more shall wear.
Translation by Szirtes, George
Does the poem rhyme in Hungarian or did he compose it in English?
Of course it rhymes in Hungarian too, but this is an excellent English translation.
Just 27 years ago when the Soviet Union fell, if you had told people that Europe would commit suicide and destroy itself while being inundated with savage hordes of Muslims and Africans….. it would have been so absurd as to be unthinkable.
And also that Hungary would be a beacon of light in the darkness!
Eastern Europe will be the beacon of light for Christians, Jews, and those wanting to live civilly among people with similar values and morals.
We in America ought to be the beacon too … for all the reasons history bestowed on us: the Constitution of the Free American Republic should shine, her flag should fly all the time, the freedom and braveness will prevail.
I don’t understand why Hungary and Poland don’t just leave the EU? Why suck on its teat and then still be condemning it? I call it having your cake and eating it…put your money where your mouth is, leave the EU and close your borders!
It would help your understanding of the situation if you took into account various limits on the freedom of states to choose the courses which appear self-evident to you.
For example, Poland has EU debt to pay before it can simply get up and leave. The EU would quickly mobilize troops on Polish soil to remind them of their obligations to pay up. Or perhaps they could economically strong-arm Poland with trade barriers for bad boys, i.e., “you leave and we won’t buy your stuff anymore. Or your citizens can’t come to other EU states to work. In fact, we’ll send the ones already here packing back to you, Poland. So watch it”.
There is more than one way to twist the gonads of a vulnerable modern state into quick submission. Simple commands in complex situations don’t work.
Just get rid of Merkel
They will. For the teat, don’t worry. Better Eastern Europe suck it than Africans. After all, one day you will go begging in Eastern Europe. That day is nearer than you think. You have no chance to go begging in Africa, they will sell you as a slave or sex slave. That despite the endless rivers of money that you are bestowing on them. They are not even grateful for that, they attribute it to Allah that fooled you into it.
Precisely.The Visegrad 4 in general and Hungary, in particular, are now the only hope for European civilization, Christianity and democracy.
Three cheers for Viktor Orban, a clear-sighted courageous patriot, and a great leader.
It is a complex question, but to show you a simple example look at what EU does to a much stronger UK… Look at the amount money it demands for “letting them go”. I think Poland and Hungary will wait for the last minute, when either the EU collapsing or a war broke out, where no such demands can be made…
Yes, that’s right…let the UK take all the pain first, whilst sucking its taxpayers dry…how nice to be one of the biggest net beneficiaries of the EU, yet complaining incessantly about it.
No wonder islamists have got us under the thumb, no European solidarity to speak of. What could be the fate of the EU if leaders could just come together and stick a finger up to Merkel, Juncker and co…but no, EU funds are more important
Jeff, the solution CrossWare offers is potentially available to all EU members who aren’t on the hook to Brussels. Those assessments paid into – and totally unaccounted for by – Brussels is a sad example of an oligarchy, not a UNION.
The PIIGS are indeed drowning in debt and under the thumb.
Let’s clear something. The so called funds received by Poland and Hungary are not handovers. It’s the price for opening their market to the EU. Also every 10 unit arrived, 9 unit goes back to Germany and France. So it is a hidden company supporting scheme. The reason for not just leaving yet is the connected infrastructure, leaving it like cutting off your own limb. Also the Middle European nations first try to fix the EU, where the leadership is rotten for sure, but the basic idea of exchanging products were a good one!
Oh to hear such eloquence and courage here in the U.S.!
And if we in the US would also publicly acknowledge the Soros’ family buying DA elections, in order to use our own legal system to betray our Constitution, values, and faith.
Thanks also to gov for literate, clear translation of wonderful statement of Hungary today
Face it. The wealthiest and most advanced civilisations on earth, North America, Western Europe, Scandinavia, and Australia are under attack from indigenous marionettes, that would be your local politicians, people, controlled by God knows whom, for small money to erase centuries of human progress won by blood, and by tortuous reason, which was not always popular — ask Galileo. if your elected leaders are not bought off, they are insane. [redacted for incivility]
Not insane…..but coerced. I am sure that most National Politicians have closets full of disgusting and hidden ” past actions ” that serve to keep them on a tight leash by the ” One Worlders “.
Poland and Hungary should consider telling the EU to “Stuff It” and leave before the Brussel’s Bunch mobilizes an Army. Let the EU monsters call them names and try and curtail some trade. They {the EU} can’t get blood from a turnip. Go for it Hungary.
Yes!!! Agree, hungary and poland shiukd keave eu asap, and bring down the eu house of cards, other counytrys woukd follow suit quickly,
Bring itnon quickly, now is the time fir orban to abandon the entirely abd stakebhis claim in hungarian european history, as a iron patriotic leader like churchill.
Its way past time the eu nazis in brussels are [redacted].
Many thanks, CrossWare, for yet another giant translation work.
We are much indebted.
Thank you very much for your kind words! You very welcome!
Hungary settled all loans with western banks in 2013, thereby depriving nefarious western puppet masters of this leverage. Not only this, but they also had the foresight to force Swiss franc-denominated mortgages held by Hungarian families to be converted into forints, thereby sidestepping disastrous currency exchange fluctuations. Such prescience has permitted Orban his boldness in dealing with the eastern enemy to the Magyar state. But with the likes of Antal Fekete and other home-grown bright lights, it is no surprise they were so nimble of mind.
https://www.rt.com/business/hungary-bailout-loan-imf-170/
Of course, Orban’s heroism on this issue will be forgotten simply because the disaster was averted and the carnage did not materialize.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-16/hungary-s-orban-makes-world-s-best-trade-on-swiss-franc-loans
“Of course, Orban’s heroism on this issue will be forgotten simply because the disaster was averted and the carnage did not materialize.”
Too true! Few people understand the deep courage of foresight in the face of desperate odds, even if (or especially if) it averts total disaster. As you note, if that catastrophe never arrives, it’s as if, these days, almost everyone merely says a perfunctory, inshalla and continues on their unappreciative way.
Geert Wilders, Pat Condell, Fjordman, and so many others on The Continent have been howling for over a decade with very little to show for it. Through no fault of theirs (comparatively), the valiant, preventive efforts of these brave people go largely unrecognized, much less applauded.
Video #1 Of 17. Antal Fekete. Ignore this series at your own risk.
https://youtu.be/vAiFPQbOSTI
An excellent video!!
Thanks. It is an excellent series and a great education on the nature and meaning of money. I urge everyone to watch.
I repeat my gratitude at CrossWares not only informative, but eloquent translation of Orban’s earth-shattering speech.
Orban has it exactly right. There is an unaccountable bureaucracy fueling the degradation of Europe. The destruction is being driven by a few narcissist sociopaths who show their power over others by showing they can cause massive and unrecoverable destruction and still maintain their power.
I’ll be clear: Merkel fully intends to allow and inspire the criminality, destruction and insecurity brought by the migrants. That is her objective. It’s the ultimate revenge of the ugly fat lady with no children: she does everything possible to destroy her people, and they continue to tolerate and support her in power.
The characteristics of a bureaucracy is that it grows continually, is sustained by outside money, and is unaccountable to anyone. The conversion of governments to bureaucracies can be accompanied by a new word: bureauarchy: rule by bureaucracy.
The great migration/immigration is not fueled by industrialists, looking for cheap labor. There is an element there, as in farmers wanting to hire Mexican migrants to pick fruits. However, the useful immigrants are a small minority: the majority are low-IQ, no-skills, low impulse-control Africans and Middle Easterners who will never see a payroll or civic improvement situation. In other words, employers of labor have no reason whatsoever to support the importation of sub-Saharan Africans, the most useless collection in the world.
Perhaps the most noteworthy and breathtaking of Orban’s achievements is that he recognized early on and implemented financial reforms to eliminate the stranglehold the EU bureaucrats and financiers held Hungary. It’s true that countries like Poland could simply declare default over EU obligations, but a government that spends more than it takes in is ALWAYS vulnerable.
As CrossWare and Dimphna point out, the biggest danger to countries like Hungary and Poland is military force from the EU buttressed by the US and NATO. It is likely that if Hillary had been elected, the East European countries would have already been occupied, or would have been threatened into submission, using the example of NATO bombing of Serbia and Bosnia. Recall that Hillary said Merkel was her role model. So one narcissist sociopath admires another. The important lesson is that with unlimited funding and not accountability, the bureaucracy of the EU and the suicide governments of Germany, England, France, and the Netherlands to some degree, represent a deep threat to East European freedom and national identity. To a lesser extent, the internal elements of those countries may at some point degenerate to where they support a Sweden-style self immolation.
I appreciate all that Orban says about Hungary, but with all due respect, the all-time victim of betrayal is actually Poland. Beginning with 1683, when Polish forces relieved the siege of Vienna, only to be threatened by rapacious European monarchs willing to take advantage of any weakness, even weakness incurred in the defense of Europe. Poland was the principal victim of World War 2, occupied by both the USSR and and Nazi Germany. England was anxious to avoid war, and only declared war on Germany when Hitler acted imperiously and stupidly in trying to ram a military solution to the Danzig dilemma.
In World War 2, Poland contributed hugely to the war effort, being rewarded by British and American compliance and complicity in the Communist sabotage of the Polish government-in-exile and in the Russian occupation of Poland after the war.
Thanks Ronald… And your usual sharp analysis, you are correct. We used to say it after WW2 we got punished for siding with the Germans (not because we were Nazis, but they gave back our territories lost at Trianon) and we got the same thing as punishment, that the Poles got for siding with the victor: handed over to the Soviets.
We have a centuries old bond with the Poles, more the EU us beating us, stronger is becoming.
Western leaders are going to have to enter a paradigm shift pretty soon–i.e. sense impending doom and wise up–else the incremental addition of Muslim political power will forever block any recovery of the West. In other words, we are getting close to a trap door. We need a watershed soon.
We will probably transform and rescue ourselves in the last minute–I can’t believe the West is actually suicidal–and the question then becomes what is the world going to look like when we begin getting rid of our former treasonous elite? We are going to have to be careful about our own vengeance. And, if there are civil wars all over the place as a result of our regaining our sensibility and national pride, what will China and Russia and North Korea do? Will they sense vulnerability?
I want your assessment to be correct -i.e., that *we* will wake up in time, but I fear the zomboids that are created by cellphones and social media mean an eventual cliff walk. As they fall into space will they even look up from the screen?
Among other things, a big part that Orwell missed (he couldn’t know everything) was the sheer invasion of the mind by portable entertainment, 24/7.
People are amazed that we live without phones attached to us. I am amazed that they are willing to live with those things in constant attendance.
Aha….are we now a different animal, married to these electronic contraptions? What will we spawn?
Great thinking!
I was really impressed with this speech. I occasional correspond with an former work colleague. He is in his 80’s and when I sent him a Christmas card, I asked him what his opinion was of the World situation. I didn’t necessarily expect a reply, but recently received an answer. He is very concerned about ‘identity politics’ among other things , particularly in the UK, but, he does not have a computer and can only rely on the press and broadcast media.
I have sent him a few samples from several web sites that I think he may find interesting and show him what he is missing. A copy of this is on its way to him!
“…a drafty corner of the world”. What a wonderfully perceptive, even poetic turn of phrase; I believe Churchill would have been pleased with it, but we Brits don’t live with the Hungarians’ (and many others’) geographical disadvantages.
If, as I suspect, the Hungarian government get their information about the great replacement from bits and pieces of biased media, maybe Orban doesn’t really know about the support he has from a large section of the people of the Europe he is referring to.
When the foreign minister, the excellent Péter Szijjártó, is interviewed by British TV reporters, all he gets is a mix of loaded hostility and utter stupidity. I just hope he doesn’t believe that all British people are this way.
Hungary, along with the other V4 nations, are currently a beacon of hope for the survival of the west.
We must all make an effort to let them know we are with them.