Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in a situation that has its conditions and its limits. — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
Pacifism as a mass movement aims to avoid suffering; pacifists often say that no cause is worth suffering or dying for. The ethos of… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
As a rule, dictatorships guarantee safe streets and terror of the doorbell. In democracy the streets may be unsafe after dark, but the most… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
After the French Revolution, it was not the treason of the king that was in question; it was the existence of the king. You… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
Every revolution, bloody or not, has two phases. The first phase is defined by the struggle for freedom, the second by the struggle for… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
“I think you can be an enemy of Saddam Hussein even if Donald Rumsfeld is also an enemy of Saddam Hussein.” — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
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… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
A part of society in our countries would still prefer an authoritarian regime today. These are people with the mentality of Homo sovieticus. But… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
Today we reject the notion of equality between a regime that belongs to the democratic world - even if it is conservative and disagreeable… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
The Polish freedom movement of 1968 lost its confrontation with police violence; the Prague Spring was crushed by the armies of five Warsaw Pact… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state. — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
Poland is an ally of the United States of America. It was our duty to show that we are a reliable, loyal, and predictable… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
In Czechoslovakia in 1968, communist reformers appealed to democratic ideals that were deeply rooted in the country's pre-second world war past. — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly. — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
