[DiogenesLamp]

Abraham Lincoln called for Hungarian independence.

January 9, 1852

Resolved, 1. That it is the right of any people, sufficiently numerous for national independence, to throw off, to revolutionize, their existing form of government, and to establish such other in its stead as they may choose.

I guess he changed his mind about 9 years later.

[SoCal Pubbie]

Don’t think so. Probably still thought Hungary should be independent. Plus Hungary wasn’t trying to preserve slavery like secesh was.

[Verginius Rufus]

Louis Kossuth was much admired in the United States--Iowa named one of its counties for him.

After Austria was beaten in a war with Prussia in 1866, the Austrians were forced to make a deal with the Hungarians in 1867, creating the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in which the German-speakers dominated the Austrian part and the Magyars dominated the Hungarian part. As the various Slavic nations became more nationally conscious and demanded more rights, the Hungarians resisted any changes, changes which could perhaps have ensured a longer viability for the Dual Monarchy.

Annexing Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1908 was a big mistake because it added to the non-German, non-Hungarian population of the empire and angered the Serbs who wanted Bosnia added to Serbia...leading to the assassination of the Archduke in Sarajevo in 1914.

[DoodleDawg]

I guess he changed his mind about 9 years later.

Maybe. Show me where Lincoln said that if you chose to 'revolutionize' that you're guaranteed to win?