I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself.
ADAM MICHNIKThe 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.’
More Adam Michnik Quotes
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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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America needed our help, and we had to give it.
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In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected.
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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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Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely.
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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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Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become.
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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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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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If you’re powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside.
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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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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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Both men have an authoritarian idea of government; democracy is merely a façade.
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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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The call to finally clean house is a propaganda tool of the right, which tolerates the leftists who it condemns.
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