12 June 2007

Revolution

“Most revolutions have two phases. First comes a struggle for freedom, then a struggle for power. The first makes the human spirit soar and brings out the best in people. The second unleashes the worst: envy, intrigue, greed, suspicion, and the urge for revenge.”

– Adam Michnik in ‘The Polish Witch-Hunt’, The New York Review of Books, VOLUME 54, NUMBER 11, translated from the Polish by Irena Grudzinska Gross

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