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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself.

Adam Michnik

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
Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it.
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Believe Freely Question Speak Speech Tell Truth
In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected.
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Democracy Elected Government People Reflection Society
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
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
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
I can’t remember any text of mine where I said that one should fight Hitler without violence; I’m not an idiot.
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Fight Fighting Hitler Idiot Mine Remember Text Violence
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
Both men have an authoritarian idea of government; democracy is merely a façade.
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Both Democracy Facade Government Idea Man Merely
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
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
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
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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America needed our help, and we had to give it.
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Country Giving Help Needed
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
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

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