All Adam Michnik Quotes
- Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you believe in free speech? Then… Act
- The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state. Cease
- I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly. Believe
- If you're powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside. Blind
- Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election. Arabs
- 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 American… Always Dangerous
- I consider that 9/11 was the day when war was started against my own work and against myself. Even though we are not sure of… Consider
- 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.… Allies
- France can never accept that it is no longer a dominating power in the world of culture. This is true both of the French right… Accept
- I can't remember any text of mine where I said that one should fight Hitler without violence; I'm not an idiot. Any
- 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… Dark
- Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in a situation that… Achieving
- An ethical action, like an unethical action, is usually analyzed by politicians purely in pragmatic terms. Action
- Politics and ethics belong to different worlds. Belong
- Every revolution, bloody or not, has two phases. The first phase is defined by the struggle for freedom, the second by the struggle for power… Ancien
- Why am I such a Euro-enthusiast? Because I knew it was an anchor of democracy. Anchor
- Pacifism as a mass movement aims to avoid suffering; pacifists often say that no cause is worth suffering or dying for. The ethos of Solidarity… Aims
- Politics is the art of realizing what there is to realize. Art
- For those of us imprisoned in Poland, the Prague Spring was a harbinger of hope. Harbinger
- The Polish freedom movement of 1968 lost its confrontation with police violence; the Prague Spring was crushed by the armies of five Warsaw Pact members.… Armies
- The ethics of journalism are one thing. Another thing is the ethics of business. Another Thing
- 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… Careful
- I do know that you have to choose between the logic of reconciliation and the logic of justice. Pure justice leads to new civil war.… Choose