To, co teraz powiem, jest ryzykowne, i wiem, że będę za to bity, ale w imię prawdy powiem, że powtarzaliśmy sobie wówczas: dopóki ten świat jest taki, jaki jest, ja nie mam ochoty umierać we własnym łóżku.
Dlaczego to jest ryzykowne? Bo ten slogan wypowiedział Ernesto Che Guevara. Nie jestem dumny z tego, że byłem wtedy zafascynowany Guevarą. Powinienem być mądrzejszy. Ale jednak bym skłamał, gdybym się tego wyparł. Guevara był dla mnie romantykiem, który nie poprzestaje na frazesach, lecz za własne przekonania płaci sobą. Dziś dobrze wiem, że to nie wystarczy, bo są idealiści, którzy gotowi są spłonąć na stosie, ale przedtem spalić na tym stosie wszystkich innych.
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Adam Michnik w artykule "Marzec, Maj - a z wolnością kłopot (Michnik spiera się z Cohn-Benditem)", Gazeta Wyborcza na Wielkanoc 2008
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How Fortunate the Man with None
You saw sagacious Solomon
You know what came of him,
To him complexities seemed plain.
He cursed the hour that gave birth to him
And saw that everything was vain.
How great and wise was Solomon.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's wisdom that had brought him to this state.
How fortunate the man with none.
You saw courageous Caesar next
You know what he became.
They deified him in his life
Then had him murdered just the same.
And as they raised the fatal knife
How loud he cried: you too my son!
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's courage that had brought him to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.
You heard of honest Socrates
The man who never lied:
They weren't so grateful as you'd think
Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried
And handed him the poisoned drink.
How honest was the people's noble son.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's honesty that brought him to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.
Here you can see respectable folk
Keeping to God's own laws.
So far he hasn't taken heed.
You who sit safe and warm indoors
Help to relieve out bitter need.
How virtuously we had begun.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's fear of god that brought us to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.
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Wiersz Bertolda Brecht wykonany przez Dead Can Dance na albumie "Into the Labirynth"
You know what came of him,
To him complexities seemed plain.
He cursed the hour that gave birth to him
And saw that everything was vain.
How great and wise was Solomon.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's wisdom that had brought him to this state.
How fortunate the man with none.
You saw courageous Caesar next
You know what he became.
They deified him in his life
Then had him murdered just the same.
And as they raised the fatal knife
How loud he cried: you too my son!
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's courage that had brought him to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.
You heard of honest Socrates
The man who never lied:
They weren't so grateful as you'd think
Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried
And handed him the poisoned drink.
How honest was the people's noble son.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's honesty that brought him to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.
Here you can see respectable folk
Keeping to God's own laws.
So far he hasn't taken heed.
You who sit safe and warm indoors
Help to relieve out bitter need.
How virtuously we had begun.
The world however did not wait
But soon observed what followed on.
It's fear of god that brought us to that state.
How fortunate the man with none.
---Wiersz Bertolda Brecht wykonany przez Dead Can Dance na albumie "Into the Labirynth"
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