Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.
ADAM MICHNIKThere were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won.
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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 think you can be an enemy of Saddam Hussein even if Donald Rumsfeld is also an enemy of Saddam Hussein.
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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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I think it’s always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it’s very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently.
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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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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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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself.
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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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Kaczynski appointed a judge to the position of deputy justice minister who had once sentenced current President Bronislaw Komorowski to a prison term.
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America needed our help, and we had to give it.
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I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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Today we reject the notion of equality between a regime that belongs to the democratic world – even if it is conservative and disagreeable – and a totalitarian dictatorship, whether its colors are black, red, or green.
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Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become.
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In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected.
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There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won.
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