Demagoguery and populism are rampant. We are the illegitimate children, the bastards of communism. It shaped our mentality.
ADAM MICHNIKEven though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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Even though we are not sure of the links, Iraq was one of the countries that did not lower its flags in mourning on 9/11.
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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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There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won.
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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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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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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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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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We still have politicians who strive for a different type of country: Kaczynski as well as Orbán in Hungary.
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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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If you’re powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside.
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In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected.
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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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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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I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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