Posted on 10/03/2019 5:41:48 PM PDT by marshmallow
At the end of the Second World War, the revered crown of St. Stephen, the first Christian monarch of Hungary, was smuggled out of Austria by the U.S. Army to prevent its falling into Soviet hands. It remained at Fort Knox in the United States until it was handed over to the communist government of Hungary in 1978. The return of the crown was opposed by many in the Hungarian diaspora, especially by those who had fled the country after the brutal Soviet suppression of the uprising in 1956.
The reason for the opposition was explained to me by a special advisor to Viktor Orbán, the pugnacious and highly successful prime minister of Hungary. The crown of St. István, as he’s known in Hungarian, bestowed legitimacy on the monarch over Christianity’s thousand-year history in Hungary. The last monarch to be crowned was the saintly Bl. Emperor Karl in 1916. As the crown had bestowed legitimacy on the monarch, Orbán’s adviser told me, so, in a sense, its presence bestows legitimacy on the government. Obviously, President Jimmy Carter’s foolish mistake (one of many) of handing the crown over to the illegitimate Communist government of Hungary gave the appearance of legitimacy to a one-party autocratic state.
Now, however, in a truly democratic Hungary—“a Christian democratic state,” as Orbán called it in a speech in Italy last week—the crown lies symbolically at the very center of the magnificent parliament building in Budapest. It was during Mr. Orbán’s first premiership, in the millennium year of 2000, that the decision was made to place the crown at the heart of the Hungarian government, transferring from a small room in a museum to the Parliament Building rotunda. Symbols matter, and for Hungarians the placement of St. István’s crown speaks loudly and powerfully.
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It’s amazing and gratifying that such leaders, few as they are, are still among us. God bless and prosper Hungary.
Excellent. Orban has been a great president from all respects. He has been turning Hungary around,
Orban post from a few years ago, still very worthwhile:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3411401/posts
The original YouTube of the speech with subtitles has been nuked (surprise! surprise!). Scroll down to post #5 for the text.
Carter was a complete unmitigated disaster as President.
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Ping to my previous.
Excellent. Thanks!
Why hasn’t Trump toured the European countries trying to maintain their identity? Hungry, Austria, Italy, Poland. He would be greeted as a hero.
You mean they don’t worship allah?
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Austria is going to have a tough time of it. Their Islamic population is already several percent.
Isten, áldd meg a magyart
Jó kedvvel, bőséggel,
Nyújts feléje védő kart,
Ha küzd ellenséggel;
Bal sors akit régen tép,
Hozz rá víg esztendőt,
Megbűnhődte már e nép
A múltat s jövendőt!
Hungarian National Anthem Literal Translation
O God, bless the nation of Hungary
With your grace and bounty
Extend over it your guarding arm
During strife with its enemies
Long torn by ill fate
Bring upon it a time of relief
This nation has suffered for all sins
Of the past and of the future!
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