I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.

If once again Germany destabilizes Europe, then Germany will be not be divided again, but wiped off the map. East and West have the necessary technology in order to enforce this verdict. If Germany begins again, there is no other solution.

Irrespective of todays judgment and the price we had to pay in this generation, we were able to close an epoch of divisions, different blocs and borders, opening the way for an era of globalization.

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

President Lech Kaczynski is not at all active in Poland and his image abroad leaves a lot to be desired.

He who once became aware of the power of Solidarity and who breathed the air of freedom will not be crushed.

I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.