Kossuth Lajos alkotmányterve (Budapest, 1994)

Jruth and liberty, may at first dazzle, and kewtlder „nations which have become halfbltnd in the house of „bondage, but let them gaze on, and they will soon be „able to bear it. In a few years men learn to reason „the extreme violence of opinion subsides, hostile the „ories correct each other, the scattered elements of truth „cease to conflict, and begin to coalesce, and at length a system „a system of justice and order is educed out of the chaos „Some say: no people ought to be free till they are fit „to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool „in the old story who resolved not to go into the water „tili he had learnt to swim! If men are to wait for „liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may „tndeed wait for ever" Magyarul: ,/iZ ujon szerzett szabadság bajai ellen csak „egy orvoslat van, s ezen orvoslat: a szabadság. Midőn „a fogoly elhagyja sötét tömlöczét, nem képes a napvilágát