Do you believe in free speech? Then speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it.
ADAM MICHNIKWe still have politicians who strive for a different type of country: Kaczynski as well as Orbán in Hungary.
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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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In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected.
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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 consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself.
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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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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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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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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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America needed our help, and we had to give it.
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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 believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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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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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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Both men have an authoritarian idea of government; democracy is merely a façade.
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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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