Saturday, February 21, 2009

The last statesman in Marxist Europe - by Ellis Washington

"Not so long ago, in our part of Europe we lived in a political system that permitted no alternatives and therefore also no parliamentary opposition. We learned the bitter lesson that with no opposition, there is no freedom." ~ Vaclav Klaus, Czech leader (president since 2003), address before the European Parliament, February 19, 2009.

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