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Article: Remarks at a State Dinner honoring President Goncz: April 8, 1999.(Bill Clinton's speech and tribute to Hungarian Pres Arpad Goncz)(Transcript)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- June 14, 1999
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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the White House. And a special welcome to President and Mrs. Goncz, members of the Hungarian delegation.
Exactly 150 years ago, in 1849, a young Congressman from Illinois, serving his first and only term in the U.S. House of Representatives, offered a resolution supporting the Hungarian people's struggle for independence and democracy. At that time, the leader of the Hungarian freedom movement, of course, was Lajos Kossuth. The Congressman was Abraham Lincoln. The bonds between our citizens, based not only on the large number of distinguished Hungarian-Americans in our country but also on our shared aspirations for freedom and ...