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> [The Polish freedom movement of 1968 lost its confrontation with police violence; the Prague Spring was crushed by the armies of five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/the-polish-freedom-movement-of-1968-lost-its-confrontation-with/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

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> [The main difference between the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution was that the former was mostly the work of Communist party…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/the-main-difference-between-the-prague-spring-and-the-velvet/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

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> [For those of us imprisoned in Poland, the Prague Spring was a harbinger of hope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/for-those-of-us-imprisoned-in-poland-the-prague-spring-was-a/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

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## More by Adam Michnik

> [Pacifism as a mass movement aims to avoid suffering; pacifists often say that no cause is worth suffering or dying for. The ethos of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/pacifism-as-a-mass-movement-aims-to-avoid-suffering-pacifists-often/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

> [As a rule, dictatorships guarantee safe streets and terror of the doorbell. In democracy the streets may be unsafe after dark, but the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/as-a-rule-dictatorships-guarantee-safe-streets-and-terror-of-the/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

> [After the French Revolution, it was not the treason of the king that was in question; it was the existence of the king. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/after-the-french-revolution-it-was-not-the-treason-of-the-king-that/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

> [Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/politics-and-ethics-belong-to-different-worlds/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

> [Every revolution, bloody or not, has two phases. The first phase is defined by the struggle for freedom, the second by the struggle for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/every-revolution-bloody-or-not-has-two-phases-the-first-phase-is/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

> [“I think you can be an enemy of Saddam Hussein even if Donald Rumsfeld is also an enemy of Saddam Hussein.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/i-think-you-can-be-an-enemy-of-saddam-hussein-even-if-donald-rumsfeld/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/i-think-it-s-always-dangerous-to-make-political-arguments-in-a/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

> [A part of society in our countries would still prefer an authoritarian regime today. These are people with the mentality of Homo sovieticus. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/a-part-of-society-in-our-countries-would-still-prefer-an/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

> [Today we reject the notion of equality between a regime that belongs to the democratic world - even if it is conservative and disagreeable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/today-we-reject-the-notion-of-equality-between-a-regime-that-belongs/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

> [The Polish freedom movement of 1968 lost its confrontation with police violence; the Prague Spring was crushed by the armies of five Warsaw Pact…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/the-polish-freedom-movement-of-1968-lost-its-confrontation-with/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

> [France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/france-can-never-accept-that-it-is-no-longer-a-dominating-power-in/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

> [The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/the-real-struggle-for-us-is-for-the-citizen-to-cease-to-be-the/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

> [Poland is an ally of the United States of America. It was our duty to show that we are a reliable, loyal, and predictable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/poland-is-an-ally-of-the-united-states-of-america-it-was-our-duty-to/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

> [In Czechoslovakia in 1968, communist reformers appealed to democratic ideals that were deeply rooted in the country's pre-second world war past.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/in-czechoslovakia-in-1968-communist-reformers-appealed-to-democratic/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

> [I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-michnik/i-believe-that-a-man-can-only-be-useful-to-his-country-when-he-can/)

[Adam Michnik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-michnik/)

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