He said "the Hungarians' sigh of freedom knocked out the first brick from the wall of communism and through that opening, decades later, the whole socialist regime was carried away by the ensuing draught."

"We who stood in line in 1990 in order to drive our own nails into the coffin of communism, we who took part in the two-thirds revolution of the election this April know the feeling when someone stands behind us who encourages us, who tells us to thrust out our jaws and straighten ourselves and step forward without hesitation. We know what it is like when somebody leads us through events that are chaotic, inscrutable and entangled and who directs us toward the fulfillment of our mission, and who unites the life of the masses with a thousand faces in a common fate. And this is what happened in 1956 with arms in hand, in 1990 with a constitutional revolution, and in 2010 with the two-thirds revolution. This is how history is being born, this is how a nation is reborn."

The crowd responded enthusiastically as the Prime Minister reminded them of the momentous events of this April, the "two thirds revolution" when the government won 68% of the vote and thus, the right to change the country's constitution.

He continued, ""We are the ones who considered it our mission to continue the struggle of our parents and grandparents, we are the ones who thought that it is we who must build an independent and free Hungarian homeland. For twenty years we got together yearly on this day that commemorates the event and we made a quiet oath, that we will finish the struggle they began."

"In spite of the 1990 change of regime and free elections we have felt in the last twenty years that something holds down our hands, shackles, ensnares us, and therefore we cannot really begin the work that would make Hungary free, just, and successful. In brief, happy. A country of a happy nation. In vain was there a change of regime because in the last twenty years - as fog in autumn mornings - a feeling was spreading over us that the history of 1956 was unfinished."

"For twenty years we have been asking ourselves, from each other, from history, from Almighty God whether those who sacrificed their lives, who risked their freedom during the fall of 1956, and those hundreds of thousands who pennilessly were searching for a new fatherland, did all these people rebel only so that half a century after the world of the comrades had collapsed unscrupulous adventurers would squander the wealth of the nation? That they would speculate on the future of ten million people? No, they imagined a different future. They were ready to give their lives for a different future."

Orbán then spoke about the connection that this year's election has with the events of 1956.  He said, "1956 was the unfinished history of Hungarians until this year. The two-thirds revolution freed us, the inheritors of 1956, from feeling on the day of the revolution that after all we have to fight again. The fight for the free formation of Hungarian life possibilities came to a close. This fight ended with our victory, the victory of the fifty-sixers, the victory of free Hungarians in April 2010."

"In 1956 Hungarians defeated the lies on the streets. Today we decided and delivered the coup de grâce to the regime of lies. And with this came - because we brought it and because we opened it - the age of national unity."

"No one can take away our freedom that we achieved according to the democratic norms of the world. No outside force can take it away from us."

"There are times when for justice one can only die, but we don't want to die for justice but live in a just world. We received the opportunity to open the new just century of the Hungarians. Let's give thanks for the opportunity we've been given."

"Let's be honest. We are prone to skepticism. There is the choir of tempting doubters. They are bigger than you, stronger than you, you don't have enough strength."

"If the 56ers had listened to temptation, the brick wall of communism would still stand today. If in 1989 we didn't demand the withdrawal of the Soviet troops, today Central Europe would still be full of them. If we had allowed doubt to enter our minds we wouldn't stand here today and people would regret until the moment of their death that they had let the opportunity slip from their hands. And we know that at the time of the regime change Hungary let itself be talked out of certain things. We know that this was a big mistake."

"That was a good lesson that is worth keeping in mind. When there is opportunity, when the door opens, one mustn't hesitate. It doesn't matter how hard that wood seems, one must cut into it. We must keep in mind the new century of the Hungarians and the doubts must be discarded. We didn't win in the spring to leave everything as of old. The 56ers didn't sacrifice their lives, our parents didn't guard the truth during the dictatorship, we didn't go through with the regime change, we didn't manage to survive the last eight years so that when the door to the future opened we should balk, we should hesitate. Such an opportunity comes only once. This opportunity is ours. We fought for it and we mustn't allow anyone to take it away from us. They didn't allow it, we don't either."

"The nation said yes to complete change: the constitution, the laws, public morality, the taboos, the commands, the goals, the circumstances, the values, the media, the protection of the environment, the schools, and the procurement. Everything which is against man and against the nation. Everything that is irrational, immoral, everything which is against life."

"If we raise our eyes and look through the ruins of the last eight years we can see the new century of the Hungarians. There will be a country before us where things happen according to our reckoning, according to our standards. Where a strong state will defend the public good and will cut the hydra's arms, tear the nets of masks and traps."

"We will see a country where meaningless and stupid rules don't hinder those who work and who start a business. A country where foreigners pay the same taxes as Hungarians, where the state guarantees the security of the pensioners and the value of their pensions, and where the state doesn't allow people to risk their pensions in the stock market. A country where those succeed who do an honest day's work, not those who earn their living by trickery and speculation. A country where it is worth bringing up a child, where people pay their taxes because the system is simple and transparent. We will have a century where we will take everybody along, even the vanquished of the earlier age. We are not leaving anyone under the ruins of the ancient regime. We will have a century in which the world will respect the Hungarians again."

By now the crowd at Kossuth Tér was applauding and cheering the Prime Minister as he reached the crescendo of his speech.

"But we are still at the beginning of the journey. If Hungarians allow doubts to creep in, then they will lose tomorrow. I'm telling you, we have have only one year to swing into action, to finish the important changes, to remake the country. We have only one year to create the foundations of a successful Hungarian life and to turn around the age of decline and debasement and set the country on a rising path. Not hastily, but with circumspection and with quick steps."

"We mustn't listen to those who lament and croak and who are always unsure of themselves. Those who doubt our strength and talent, because these people wittingly or unwittingly become the defenders of the past. But we, Hungarians, don't want to be the defenders of the past but want to be the men of the future. We are those Hungarians who declared war on the Soviet Union. Those who fought against them with arms in hand. Those who eventually sent home their soldiers. And finally, without loss of life we saved our fatherland from the falling beams of communism."

Orbán spoke of the tough journey ahead and how the government, and the nation, cannot be satisfied with the landslide victory at the polls.

Orbán continued, "so we really know what difficult times mean. We know how the axe trembles in our hands when we hit hard wood. There were hard times after 1956, but we, Hungarians, are still here. There were hard times in the last eight years also. Four years ago on this very day riot police beat peaceful demonstrators but we Hungarians are here, and they will soon be where they belong."

Here Orbán was referring to the events at the 50th anniversary celebration of the 1956 uprising, when the Hungarian Television Buildings were ransacked, there was violence in the streets, and what could have been a peaceful demonstration ended up being forcibly put down by the Police with the backing of the Gyurcsány government.

As he came to the end of his speech, Orbán implored Hungarians to have faith and to have the strength needed to see things through to the end.

"Hard times still may come but they will end and then we Hungarians will be here because hard times are never as persistent as tough men. Forward Hungary, forward Hungarians!"

He said "the Hungarians' sigh of freedom knocked out the first brick from the wall of communism and through that opening, decades later, the whole socialist regime was carried away by the ensuing draught."

"We who stood in line in 1990 in order to drive our own nails into the coffin of communism, we who took part in the two-thirds revolution of the election this April know the feeling when someone stands behind us who encourages us, who tells us to thrust out our jaws and straighten ourselves and step forward without hesitation. We know what it is like when somebody leads us through events that are chaotic, inscrutable and entangled and who directs us toward the fulfillment of our mission, and who unites the life of the masses with a thousand faces in a common fate. And this is what happened in 1956 with arms in hand, in 1990 with a constitutional revolution, and in 2010 with the two-thirds revolution. This is how history is being born, this is how a nation is reborn."

The crowd responded enthusiastically as the Prime Minister reminded them of the momentous events of this April, the "two thirds revolution" when the government won 68% of the vote and thus, the right to change the country's constitution.

He continued, ""We are the ones who considered it our mission to continue the struggle of our parents and grandparents, we are the ones who thought that it is we who must build an independent and free Hungarian homeland. For twenty years we got together yearly on this day that commemorates the event and we made a quiet oath, that we will finish the struggle they began."

"In spite of the 1990 change of regime and free elections we have felt in the last twenty years that something holds down our hands, shackles, ensnares us, and therefore we cannot really begin the work that would make Hungary free, just, and successful. In brief, happy. A country of a happy nation. In vain was there a change of regime because in the last twenty years - as fog in autumn mornings - a feeling was spreading over us that the history of 1956 was unfinished."

"For twenty years we have been asking ourselves, from each other, from history, from Almighty God whether those who sacrificed their lives, who risked their freedom during the fall of 1956, and those hundreds of thousands who pennilessly were searching for a new fatherland, did all these people rebel only so that half a century after the world of the comrades had collapsed unscrupulous adventurers would squander the wealth of the nation? That they would speculate on the future of ten million people? No, they imagined a different future. They were ready to give their lives for a different future."

Orbán then spoke about the connection that this year's election has with the events of 1956.  He said, "1956 was the unfinished history of Hungarians until this year. The two-thirds revolution freed us, the inheritors of 1956, from feeling on the day of the revolution that after all we have to fight again. The fight for the free formation of Hungarian life possibilities came to a close. This fight ended with our victory, the victory of the fifty-sixers, the victory of free Hungarians in April 2010."

"In 1956 Hungarians defeated the lies on the streets. Today we decided and delivered the coup de grâce to the regime of lies. And with this came - because we brought it and because we opened it - the age of national unity."

"No one can take away our freedom that we achieved according to the democratic norms of the world. No outside force can take it away from us."

"There are times when for justice one can only die, but we don't want to die for justice but live in a just world. We received the opportunity to open the new just century of the Hungarians. Let's give thanks for the opportunity we've been given."

"Let's be honest. We are prone to skepticism. There is the choir of tempting doubters. They are bigger than you, stronger than you, you don't have enough strength."

"If the 56ers had listened to temptation, the brick wall of communism would still stand today. If in 1989 we didn't demand the withdrawal of the Soviet troops, today Central Europe would still be full of them. If we had allowed doubt to enter our minds we wouldn't stand here today and people would regret until the moment of their death that they had let the opportunity slip from their hands. And we know that at the time of the regime change Hungary let itself be talked out of certain things. We know that this was a big mistake."

"That was a good lesson that is worth keeping in mind. When there is opportunity, when the door opens, one mustn't hesitate. It doesn't matter how hard that wood seems, one must cut into it. We must keep in mind the new century of the Hungarians and the doubts must be discarded. We didn't win in the spring to leave everything as of old. The 56ers didn't sacrifice their lives, our parents didn't guard the truth during the dictatorship, we didn't go through with the regime change, we didn't manage to survive the last eight years so that when the door to the future opened we should balk, we should hesitate. Such an opportunity comes only once. This opportunity is ours. We fought for it and we mustn't allow anyone to take it away from us. They didn't allow it, we don't either."

"The nation said yes to complete change: the constitution, the laws, public morality, the taboos, the commands, the goals, the circumstances, the values, the media, the protection of the environment, the schools, and the procurement. Everything which is against man and against the nation. Everything that is irrational, immoral, everything which is against life."

"If we raise our eyes and look through the ruins of the last eight years we can see the new century of the Hungarians. There will be a country before us where things happen according to our reckoning, according to our standards. Where a strong state will defend the public good and will cut the hydra's arms, tear the nets of masks and traps."

"We will see a country where meaningless and stupid rules don't hinder those who work and who start a business. A country where foreigners pay the same taxes as Hungarians, where the state guarantees the security of the pensioners and the value of their pensions, and where the state doesn't allow people to risk their pensions in the stock market. A country where those succeed who do an honest day's work, not those who earn their living by trickery and speculation. A country where it is worth bringing up a child, where people pay their taxes because the system is simple and transparent. We will have a century where we will take everybody along, even the vanquished of the earlier age. We are not leaving anyone under the ruins of the ancient regime. We will have a century in which the world will respect the Hungarians again."

By now the crowd at Kossuth Tér was applauding and cheering the Prime Minister as he reached the crescendo of his speech.

"But we are still at the beginning of the journey. If Hungarians allow doubts to creep in, then they will lose tomorrow. I'm telling you, we have have only one year to swing into action, to finish the important changes, to remake the country. We have only one year to create the foundations of a successful Hungarian life and to turn around the age of decline and debasement and set the country on a rising path. Not hastily, but with circumspection and with quick steps."

"We mustn't listen to those who lament and croak and who are always unsure of themselves. Those who doubt our strength and talent, because these people wittingly or unwittingly become the defenders of the past. But we, Hungarians, don't want to be the defenders of the past but want to be the men of the future. We are those Hungarians who declared war on the Soviet Union. Those who fought against them with arms in hand. Those who eventually sent home their soldiers. And finally, without loss of life we saved our fatherland from the falling beams of communism."

Orbán spoke of the tough journey ahead and how the government, and the nation, cannot be satisfied with the landslide victory at the polls.

Orbán continued, "so we really know what difficult times mean. We know how the axe trembles in our hands when we hit hard wood. There were hard times after 1956, but we, Hungarians, are still here. There were hard times in the last eight years also. Four years ago on this very day riot police beat peaceful demonstrators but we Hungarians are here, and they will soon be where they belong."

Here Orbán was referring to the events at the 50th anniversary celebration of the 1956 uprising, when the Hungarian Television Buildings were ransacked, there was violence in the streets, and what could have been a peaceful demonstration ended up being forcibly put down by the Police with the backing of the Gyurcsány government.

As he came to the end of his speech, Orbán implored Hungarians to have faith and to have the strength needed to see things through to the end.

"Hard times still may come but they will end and then we Hungarians will be here because hard times are never as persistent as tough men. Forward Hungary, forward Hungarians!"

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