and strife, the direction, magnitude and the end of which it is impossible to foresee . . . We Slavs are looking toward these events with a sincere regret, but without fear. We were before Austria was, and when Austria no longer is, we still shall be.
F. Palacký
Czech Statesman and Historian, 1865
Czech Statesman and Historian, 1865
The national ideals of Bohemia and her reformation are unrealizable in Austria-Hungary where the organization of brute force secures to the minority the means of exploiting the majority. Bohemia can never accept the ideal of Prussia and Germany which would enslave the world by military drill and Machiavellian misuse of science and culture. . .
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