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Adam Michnik (Polish pronunciation: [ˈadam ˈmixɲik]; born 17 October 1946) is a Polish historian, essayist, former dissident, public intellectual, and editor-in-chief of the Polish newspaper, Gazeta Wyborcza.

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We still have politicians who strive for a different type of country: Kaczynski as well as Orbán in Hungary. 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. Both men have an authoritarian idea of government; democracy is merely a façade.

Country, Hungary, Kaczynski, Men, Power, Winning

I can't remember any text of mine where I said that one should fight Hitler without violence; I'm not an idiot.

Fighting, Hitler, Idiot, Remember, Violence

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.

Differences, Party, Spring, Work

I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.

Believe, Clearly, Country, Man, Men, Useful

Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.

Arabs, Country, Israel, Middle, Middle East

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. America needed our help, and we had to give it.

Allies, America, Duty, Give, Giving, Help

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. 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.

Black, Chamberlain, Color, Equality, Red, World

There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won. In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people are elected. Sometimes the type of person from the old machine, who is everything but an appealing figure, happens to win an election. But democracy applies to everyone, not just the noble and the clever.

Appealing, Clever, Elections, Free, Reflection, Winning

After the fall of communism in Poland, we had a post-communist as president for two terms: Aleksander Kwasniewski. He was very good. He brought Poland into NATO and the European Union. The call to finally clean house is a propaganda tool of the right, which tolerates the leftists who it condemns. Kaczynski appointed a judge to the position of deputy justice minister who had once sentenced current President Bronislaw Komorowski to a prison term.

Aleksander, Fall, Judging, Justice, Komorowski, Terms

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.

Careful, Judge, Judging, Kings, Revolution, Somebody

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.

Country, Finland, Mentality, People, Thinking, Today

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

Blind, Deaf, Powerful, Signals

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.

Dark, Democracy, Dictatorships, Freedom, Streets, Visitor

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