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Both men have an authoritarian idea of government; democracy is merely a façade.

Adam Michnik

There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won.
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Clever Country Election Free Opposition Reflection Winning Won
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
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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Appointment Current Deputy Justice Kaczynski Minister People Position President Prison Sentenced
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
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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Again Better never Say
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
Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become.
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Doing Done Life Love Society Start Wisdom
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
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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Country Flag Link Lower Mourning Sure Thought War
Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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Different Ethics Politics World
Both men have an authoritarian idea of government; democracy is merely a façade.
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Both Democracy Facade Government Idea Man Merely
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 believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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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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Communist Difference Face Former Human Main Member Party Prague Revolution Socialism Spring Velvet
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 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

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