I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb…

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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...

When I recall my own path of life I cannot but speak of the violence,...

When I recall my own path of life I cannot but speak of the violence,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I se it,...

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I se it,...

The defense of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let...

The defense of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let...

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...

You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction....

You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction....

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...

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...

Deep faith eliminates fear

Deep faith eliminates fear

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 -...

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...

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...

I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of...

I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of...

We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We...

We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We...

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.

Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.

Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.