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 to be very careful w….

There were free elections in Bulgaria, where the opposition has just won. In a democracy, the government is a reflection of society because people ar….

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. T….

After the fall of communism in Poland, we had a post-communist as president for two terms: Aleksander Kwasniewski. He was very good. He brought Polan….

I think you can be an enemy of Saddam Hussein even if Donald Rumsfeld is also an enemy of Saddam Hussein..

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 Ameri….

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 the links, Iraq was one ….

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 free….

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

The main difference between the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution was that the former was mostly the work of Communist party members and others….

Today we reject the notion of equality between a regime that belongs to the democratic world - even if it is conservative and disagreeable - and a to….

We lack a political culture, a culture of compromise. We in Poland, as well as the Hungarians, have never learned this sort of thing. Although there ….

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 he….

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 staye….

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

A part of society in our countries would still prefer an authoritarian regime today. These are people with the mentality of Homo sovieticus. But they….

I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly..

Politics and ethics belong to different worlds..

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

The real struggle for us is for the citizen to cease to be the property of the state..

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 vi….