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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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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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Both men have an authoritarian idea of government; democracy is merely a façade.
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America needed our help, and we had to give it.
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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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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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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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In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected.
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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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We still have politicians who strive for a different type of country: Kaczynski as well as Orbán in Hungary.
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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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If you’re powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside.
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Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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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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The call to finally clean house is a propaganda tool of the right, which tolerates the leftists who it condemns.
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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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