Kaczynski appointed a judge to the position of deputy justice minister who had once sentenced current President Bronislaw Komorowski to a prison term.
ADAM MICHNIKAfter 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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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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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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The call to finally clean house is a propaganda tool of the right, which tolerates the leftists who it condemns.
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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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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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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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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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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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I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won.
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Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it.
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Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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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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