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In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected.

Adam Michnik

The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state.
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Cease Citizen Property Real State Struggle
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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Children Compromise Country Cultural Lack Political Strong
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
Sometimes the type of person from the old machine, who is everything but an appealing figure, happens to win an election. But democracy applies to everyone, not just the noble and the clever.
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Appealing Apply Clever Democracy Election Figure Machine Noble Old Person Sometimes
There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won.
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Clever Country Election Free Opposition Reflection Winning Won
After the French Revolution, it was not the treason of the king that was in question; it was the existence of the king. You have to be very careful when you judge and execute somebody for being a symbol.
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Country Final French Judging King Question Revolution Treason
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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Black Color Democratic Equality Notion Reject World
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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The main difference between the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution was that the former was mostly the work of Communist party members and others who wanted to bring about ‘socialism with a human face.’
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Communist Difference Face Former Human Main Member Party Prague Revolution Socialism Spring Velvet
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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Appointment Current Deputy Justice Kaczynski Minister People Position President Prison Sentenced
The call to finally clean house is a propaganda tool of the right, which tolerates the leftists who it condemns.
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Call Clean Condemn Finally House Leftist Propaganda Right Tolerate Tool
I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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Believe Clearly Country Look Man Useful
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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Dark Democracy Dictatorship Doorbell Freedom Guarantee Rule Safe Street Terror
After the fall of communism in Poland, we had a post-communist as president for two terms: Aleksander Kwasniewski. He was very good. He brought Poland into NATO and the European Union.
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Communism Communist Country Fall Judging Justice President Term
A part of society in our countries would still prefer an authoritarian regime today. These are people with the mentality of Homo sovieticus. But they also exist in France – just think of Le Pen – and even in Finland and Sweden.
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Authoritarian Country People Prefer Regime Society Thinking Today
Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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Different Ethics Politics World

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