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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

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 supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling....

The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling....

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.

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...

I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful,...

I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful,...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have...

What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have...

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...