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Both men have an authoritarian idea of government; democracy is merely a façade.

Adam Michnik

In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected.
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Democracy Elected Government People Reflection Society
I think you can be an enemy of Saddam Hussein even if Donald Rumsfeld is also an enemy of Saddam Hussein.
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Enem Enemy Hussein Thinking
This is why we will never again say that Chamberlain is no better than Hitler, Roosevelt no better than Stalin, and Nixon no better than Mao Zedong, even if we do condemn Roosevelt for Yalta, Chamberlain for Munich, and Nixon for Watergate.
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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself.
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Against Consider Country Day Myself Own Started War Word
They want a gradual coup. If Orbán stayed in power in Hungary or if Kaczynski were to win an election in our country, it would be dangerous.
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Poland is an ally of the United States of America. It was our duty to show that we are a reliable, loyal, and predictable ally.
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Ally Country Duty Giving Loyal Prectiable Reliable Show United States
Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.
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Country Democratic East Elected Election Middle Parliament
We lack a political culture, a culture of compromise. We in Poland, as well as the Hungarians, have never learned this sort of thing.
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We still have politicians who strive for a different type of country: Kaczynski as well as Orbán in Hungary.
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Country Different Hungary Man Politician Strive Type Winning
Although there is a strong desire for freedom in the countries of Eastern Europe, there is no democratic tradition, so that the risk of anarchy and chaos continues to exist.
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Anarchy Continue Country Democratic Desire Freedom Strong Tradition
If you’re powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside.
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Blind Deaf Deal Outside Powerful Signal
France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything.
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The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state.
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As a rule, dictatorships guarantee safe streets and terror of the doorbell. In democracy the streets may be unsafe after dark, but the most likely visitor in the early hours will be the milkman.
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Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely.
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Act Believe Decently Humane Humanely Open Society
Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become.
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