Selv om den ungarske revolution blev knust af de overvældende kolonner af tanks, der rullede ind i landet, ved vi i dag, at begivenhederne i Budapest, Prag og Gdansk ikke skete forgæves, og at ofrene ikke døde forgæves.
Although the Hungarian Revolution was crushed by the overpowering columns of tanks that rolled into the country, today we know that the events in Budapest, Prague and Gdansk did not happen in vain, and that the victims did not give their lives in vain.