We lack a political culture, a culture of compromise. We in Poland, as well as the Hungarians, have never learned this sort of thing.
ADAM MICHNIKBoth men have an authoritarian idea of government; democracy is merely a façade.
More Adam Michnik Quotes
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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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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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I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself.
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In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected.
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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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Both men have an authoritarian idea of government; democracy is merely a façade.
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There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won.
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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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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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Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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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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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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America needed our help, and we had to give it.
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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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