Adam Michnik
Adam Michnik
Adam Michnikis a Polish historian, essayist, former dissident, public intellectual, and the editor-in-chief of Poland's largest newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza. Brought up in a family of committed communists, Michnik became an opponent of the communist regime at the time of the anti-Jewish purges in the party. He was imprisoned, first, after the 1968 March Events, then, after the imposition of the Martial Law in 1981. Michnik also played a crucial role during the Polish Round Table Talks, as a result of...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth17 October 1946
CountryPoland
Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs can be elected to the parliament in a democratic election.
If you're powerful, you are much more likely to be blind and deaf to signals from outside.
I believe that a man can only be useful to his country when he can look at it clearly.
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 visitor in the early hours will be the milkman.