"National leader" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... insuperable. The peasant rising upon which Kosciuszko had built his best hopes was unprepared. But two elements remained that should, as pointed out by Zajonczek, consolidate and ensure a great national Rising: universal detestation of the Russian and limitless confidence in the chosen national leader. Kosciuszko deemed it advisable to wait. "It is impossible," he said after receiving Zajonczek's report, "to build on such frail foundations; for it would be a sad thing to begin lightly and without consideration, only to fall." He himself, recognizable as he was through all Poland, ...
— Kosciuszko - A Biography • Monica Mary Gardner
... What could she do to pay tribute to their courage? Hughes was their national leader and spokesman; so the Political ...
— The War After the War • Isaac Frederick Marcosson |
