Silviu Brucan Quotes


Freedom is great, but expensive.


Citations

Silviu Brucan, Romanian Ambassador to the United States, "Eastern Europe Revisited," The World Paper, September 1992

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  • Born: January 18, 1916
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Silviu Brucan was a Romanian Communist politician. He became a critic of the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceaușescu. After the Romanian Revolution, Brucan engaged as a political analyst.