Fraternity-Testvériség, 1966 (44. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1966-11-01 / 11. szám
4 FRATERNITY against humanity inflicted upon an innocent, freedom-loving people during recent history. And the Western world remained quiet, despite some verbal denunciations of the evil. When Khrushchev sent up a dog in a Sputnik to the outer space, the Western world was horrified, and millions of our society ladies sent telegrams to him upbraiding him for having condemned a dog to its certain death in the space. Yet when thousands of innocent children and women of the freedom- loving Hungarian people were massacred, all we had were nice and polite words of praise, admiration and prayer. I remain firmly convinced that the United States of America missed a great historical opportunity in 1956 by not supporting the freedom fighters of Hungary. In the Middle East and in the Suez crisis we compromised with the historically most cruel and ruthless Communist power of the Soviet Union, the final goal of which was the enslavement of all mankind. Today we see these facts clear. If we would have acted in that spirit ten years ago, world peace would be secure in a free world. That remains my firm conviction. We should have learned the lesson of the last two decades, i. e., that we cannot compromise with the Soviet Union, as heaven cannot compromise with hell. We should remember what the fallen dictator Khrushchev told us not too long ago, and what has not been changed by his successors: “We shall bury you!” In these tragic days we must realize that we cannot sit idly by and do nothing. If we permit these murderers, whether in Vietnam or in Hungary, to get away with their horrible crimes inflicted upon innocent people and nations, our turn will also come. Ten years ago Hungary, before that Korea, and today Vietnam — but tomorrow it may be America! We must feel the responsibility for our enslaved brethren in their death-and-life struggle against communism, no matter where they are. And we must do everything in our power to stop the cold-blooded killer before it is too late. One hundred thirteen years ago Louis Kossuth, the great Hungarian prophet and liberator, uttered these words before the Congress of the United States: “As there is unity in God and unity in Light, so there is unity in the Principles of Freedom. Wherever freedom is extinguished, wherever the shadow of darkness is cast upon the sun of liberty, there is always danger for the survival of freedom’s principles in the world. From Russia no sun will ever rise . . .
