If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.

What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade unions independent from the authorities, founded and shaped by the working people themselves.

Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.

Everyone wants a voice in human freedom. There's a fire burning inside all of us.

My health is very much improved.

I realize that the strivings of the Polish people gave rise, and still do so, to the feelings of understanding and solidarity all over the world.

There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between