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… — Adam Michnik Copy Share Image
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… — 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
