Poland is quite a mediocre country in some regards. The only natural resource that we have, and with which we can compete, is freedom.

Over the years, the European Union and the United States have worked together to ensure peace and prosperity for our citizens and for people around the world.

We must go beyond being reactive and defensive. As Europeans we must regain our self-confidence and realize our own strengths.

My Kashubian family, like the Jews, are people who were born and live in border areas and were suspected by the Nazis and by the Communists of being disloyal.

My government is in no sense anti-Russian.

What we have to do is to definitively remove the last vestiges of power from those who treat terms such as liberal democracy, free markets and Europe with suspicion.

Poland is quite a mediocre country in some regards. The only natural resource that we have, and with which we can compete, is freedom.