Bronislaw Geremek is dead
Jul. 13th, 2008 07:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
fpbA genuine hero of liberty, one of the leaders of Solidarnosc, who fought tyranny when people died at its hands, and then went on to oppose the government of free Poland when he felt it was drifting too far in the opposite direction. Every free man on Earth has lost a champion today.
"When they ask you whether the future belongs to liberty, answer them that, much more, the eternal belongs to her." (Benedetto Croce)
"When they ask you whether the future belongs to liberty, answer them that, much more, the eternal belongs to her." (Benedetto Croce)
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Date: 2008-07-14 03:39 pm (UTC)We haven't lost a champion though. As long as his actions can inspire us, he fights for us.
May Our Lord be with all those who knew him: grieving with them, comforting them, holding them close. Now and always.