Both men have an authoritarian idea of government; democracy is merely a façade.
ADAM MICHNIKI believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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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We lack a political culture, a culture of compromise. We in Poland, as well as the Hungarians, have never learned this sort of thing.
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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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I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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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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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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Poland is an ally of the United States of America. It was our duty to show that we are a reliable, loyal, and predictable ally.
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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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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 consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself.
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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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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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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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Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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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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