Quotes of Adam Michnik - somelinesforyou

“ We have the whole universe of anti-Semitic dispositions in Poland, but I've never been accused of serving Israeli interests. I'm not even accused of being pro-American, because most Poles are pro-American. You can say that I look at Israel and the Middle East from the point of view of a Polish intellectual who likes the country, but does not like Ariel Sharon. ”

- Adam Michnik

“ Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a totalitarian state. It was a country where people were murdered and tortured. So I'm looking at this through the eyes of the political prisoner in Baghdad, and from this point of view I'm very grateful to those who opened the gates of the prison and who stopped the killing and the torture. ”

- Adam Michnik

“ 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 speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely. ”

- Adam Michnik

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

- Adam Michnik

“ In my opinion, the religious visions of Bush's circle are anachronistic. I can't believe that John Ashcroft has personal conversations with God every day, who tells him what to do. But if God told him that he should destroy Saddam, then this was the right advice, because a world without Saddam Hussein is better than a world with Saddam Hussein. ”

- 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 right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything. ”

- Adam Michnik

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

- Adam Michnik

“ We have the whole universe of anti-Semitic dispositions in Poland, but I've never been accused of serving Israeli interests. I'm not even accused of being pro-American, because most Poles are pro-American. You can say that I look at Israel and the Middle East from the point of view of a Polish intellectual who likes the country, but does not like Ariel Sharon. ”

- Adam Michnik

“ Americans could never understand the difference between the right and the left in Germany, but they knew that Hitler should be defeated! ”

- Adam Michnik

“ In my opinion, the religious visions of Bush's circle are anachronistic. I can't believe that John Ashcroft has personal conversations with God every day, who tells him what to do. But if God told him that he should destroy Saddam, then this was the right advice, because a world without Saddam Hussein is better than a world with Saddam Hussein. ”

- Adam Michnik

“ Americans could never understand the difference between the right and the left in Germany, but they knew that Hitler should be defeated! ”

- Adam Michnik

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

- 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 right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything. ”

- 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 American nation those who think differently. ”

- 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 American nation those who think differently. ”

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

- Adam Michnik

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

- Adam Michnik

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

- Adam Michnik

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

- Adam Michnik

“ We have the whole universe of anti-Semitic dispositions in Poland, but I've never been accused of serving Israeli interests. I'm not even accused of being pro-American, because most Poles are pro-American. You can say that I look at Israel and the Middle East from the point of view of a Polish intellectual who likes the country, but does not like Ariel Sharon. ”

- Adam Michnik

“ 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 speak freely. Do you love the truth? Then tell it. Do you believe in an open society? Then act in the open. Do you believe in a decent and humane society? Then behave decently and humanely. ”

- 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 right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything. ”

- Adam Michnik

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

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

- 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 right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything. ”

- 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 right and the French left. They keep thinking that Americans are primitive cowboys or farmers who do not understand anything. ”

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

- Adam Michnik

“ Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a totalitarian state. It was a country where people were murdered and tortured. So I'm looking at this through the eyes of the political prisoner in Baghdad, and from this point of view I'm very grateful to those who opened the gates of the prison and who stopped the killing and the torture. ”

- Adam Michnik

“ Saddam Hussein's Iraq was a totalitarian state. It was a country where people were murdered and tortured. So I'm looking at this through the eyes of the political prisoner in Baghdad, and from this point of view I'm very grateful to those who opened the gates of the prison and who stopped the killing and the torture. ”

- Adam Michnik

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

- Adam Michnik
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