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 KossuthAbout author
- Author's profession: Lawyer
- Nationality: hungarian
- Born: September 19, 1802
- Died: March 20, 1894
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