In many parts of the world the people are searching for a solution which would link the two basic values: peace and justice. The two are like bread and salt for mankind.

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.

I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.

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.

The fall of the Berlin Wall makes for nice pictures. But it all started in the shipyards.

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

Building democracy as an imposition from abroad is a form of imperialism.