I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society.

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My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes...

My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes...

The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and...

The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and...

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness...

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness...

The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.

The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.

I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are...

I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are...

I got politics and economics moving and then others took over.

I got politics and economics moving and then others took over.

The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment...

The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment...

Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of...

Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of...

My country is in the grips of a major economic crisis. This is causing dramatic...

My country is in the grips of a major economic crisis. This is causing dramatic...

Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak...

Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak...

I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because...

I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because...

I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all...

I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all...

This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions -...

This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions -...

Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a...

Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a...

As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our...

As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our...

He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his...

He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his...

My most ardent desire is that my country will recapture its historic opportunity for a...

My most ardent desire is that my country will recapture its historic opportunity for a...

I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and...

I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and...

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the...

I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the...