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If you’re powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside.

Adam Michnik

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
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
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
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
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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Authoritarian Country People Prefer Regime Society Thinking Today
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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Country Coup Dangerous Election Gradual Hungary Orban Power
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
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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Argument Dangerous Ideological Political Religiously Thinking Way
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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Ally Country Duty Giving Loyal Prectiable Reliable Show United States
Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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Different Ethics Politics World
In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected.
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Democracy Elected Government People Reflection Society
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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Dark Democracy Dictatorship Doorbell Freedom Guarantee Rule Safe Street Terror
America needed our help, and we had to give it.
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Country Giving Help Needed
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
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

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