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…

- Adam Michnik

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 …

- 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 Ameri…

- 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 have to be very careful w…

- Adam Michnik

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

- 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 - and a to…

- Adam Michnik

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 …

- Adam Michnik

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

- 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 free…

- Adam Michnik