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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.

Adam Michnik

The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state.
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Cease Citizen Property Real State Struggle
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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Black Color Democratic Equality Notion Reject World
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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Enem Enemy Hussein Thinking
Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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Different Ethics Politics World
I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself.
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Against Consider Country Day Myself Own Started War Word
Demagoguery and populism are rampant. We are the illegitimate children, the bastards of communism. It shaped our mentality.
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Bastard Children Communism Demagoguery Illegitimate Mentality Populism Shape
France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything.
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Accept Country Cowboy Culture Domination Longer Power Thinking World
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
Both men have an authoritarian idea of government; democracy is merely a façade.
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Both Democracy Facade Government Idea Man Merely
In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected.
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Democracy Elected Government People Reflection Society
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
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
If you’re powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside.
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Blind Deaf Deal Outside Powerful Signal
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
We still have politicians who strive for a different type of country: Kaczynski as well as Orbán in Hungary.
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Country Different Hungary Man Politician Strive Type Winning
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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