March 15 is the 109th anniversary of the Hungarian Declaration of Independence. and I take great pleasure in joining my colleagues to pay tribute to the brave people of Hungary who stand as a worldwide symbol of opposition to tyranny. I doubt if there is anything I can say that could possibly increase the high respect and admiration the world holds for the valiant fighting men. women. and children of Hungary. The people of the United States unite with recently arrived refugees in extending the hand of friendship and good will to those who must remain under the brutal regime of butchers and puppets. As we all saw. in the last few months of 1956. the freedom fighters of Budapest demonstrated that the war machine of Russia is far from invincible. Were it not for the almost 6.000 Russian tanks devastating a city defended by lightly armed patriots. communism would have soon been driven from Hungaryperhaps pushed from the face of Eastern Europe.
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