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We must remain faithful
to maintaining our independence
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under all circumstances.
Independence is a sacrifice.
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We've made sacrifices over
the past centuries.
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This nation has a moral basis for
being independent and free in Europe.
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On the other hand, Europe also means
for us that our Saint Stephen,
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who founded a state with Christianity,
connected Hungarian statehood and
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Hungarian national autonomy.
We must also preserve this tradition.
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And we must preserve the knowledge that Hungarian
independence is unimaginable and
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inseparable from our European nature.
For us, the guarantee can
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only be coming from Europe.
Now, when we remember,
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when we make testimony during
the state holiday of the
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new Republic of Hungary to our
independence, our European nature
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and our commitment to progress,
we need to know that,
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just as many times over the last centuries,
there can be heavy clouds coming
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towards us in our neighbourhood
and there are dark clouds beyond
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our borders that oblige all
Hungarians to be firm in preserving
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Hungarian traditions and to be sure
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that this country must preserve
its internal stability
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because only our independence,
European commitment and internal stability
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can ensure that Hungary is
at the end of the 20th century,
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will be safe to move
towards another millennium
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and this new millennium will
preserve our values only with
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the peoples of Europe and with
the cooperation of the peoples,
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nations and states responsible
for European security.
