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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.

Adam Michnik

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
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
There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won.
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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
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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We 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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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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Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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Different Ethics Politics World
Both men have an authoritarian idea of government; democracy is merely a façade.
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Both Democracy Facade Government Idea Man Merely
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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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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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
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

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