Posted on 08/24/2018 7:34:05 PM PDT by marshmallow
Hungary must insist on “the Western culture King Saint Stephen tied our future to”, President Janos Ader said in his address marking Hungary’s August 20 national holiday on Monday.
Speaking at the oath taking ceremony of young military officers, Ader quoted author Sandor Marai and said that “Hungary could only survive in a new Europe with quality in the focus; we are not in a position to be mediocre”.
Addressing the young officers, Ader said that “St. Stephen gave us a Hungarian heart and European conscience” and added that the 11th century king had been “aware that peace is conditional on preserving Western civilisation”.
Hungary has been strong and could “withstand the storms of history” while other, greater nations have disappeared, Ader said. Saint Stephen was confident that history could be shaped, and he “collected friends and strived for peace while other rulers gathered enemies”, the president added.
St. Stephen’s legacy has helped build an “independent, free and European country, which many have attempted to capture but it has been saved through the faith, work and insistence of those that did not bend in the storm of times,” Ader said.
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God Bless Hungary.
Wasn’t Hungary warning about “The New World Order” recently?
Yes. Please! This! As opposed to the Bolshevik Putin nonsense nextdoor currently holding Russian Orthodoxy hostage.
In light of all the scandal hitting Rome: now more than ever we must recover and restore and revive the Catholic Christianity of the true saints! For Europe! For the West!
It seems the Hungarians are clear thinking enough to realize that, while no culture is perfect, one culture is not necessarily as good as another. Western cultures that have descended from the Judeo-Christian ethic are clearly superior in terms of basic freedoms and technological development to Islamic cultures.
Hungary impresses me more and more and more:
Who would have thought, 30 years ago, that my love for Western Europe would, one day, be COMPLETELY replaced by an affection and respect for this new EASTERN Europe..?
It took me totally by surprise, starting 5 or so years ago.
The modern confidence of eternal Europe is in EASTERN Europe.
Saint Stephen will remain
All he lost he shall regain
The Eastern Europe you love is the part that cherishes the West at a time when the West has lost in faith in herself. For those emerging out from the dark shadow of communism, Western civilization truly means something. Its legacy and its institutions are not to be taken for granted: most especially the Christian faith on which Europe is rooted.
Eastern Europeans would not commend the Free Republic posters who display nihilistic attitudes about the West. The Poles, the Baltic peoples, the Romanians, et al. - they cherish entities like NATO for example, and they want a united Europe - but one that truly works.
Further East you go, there maybe forces nostalgic for the Soviet era, and trying to destabilize the West by pressing on its weak points. That’s where Putin comes in.
Answers aplenty in the bye and bye...
They sure know what is what in this world. They’re not having any Muslim bs in their country. Good for them.
Seashore washed by the suds and foam/ Been here so long/he’s got to callin’ it home.
Talk about your plenty/talk about your ill’s/one man gathers what another man spills.
Stephen prospered in his time
Well, he may and he may decline
Did it matter, does it now?
Stephen would answer if he only knew how
Amen to that. Eastern Europeans get it (on many levels) and I’m happy to see it in my lifetime. May God bless and keep them.
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