I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice.

This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who came out in the defense of the workers' rights and dignity.

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

My health is very much improved.

[Without Pope John Paul II] there would be no end of Communism or at least much later, and the end would have been bloody.

I use many different gadgets connected with computers; I use PCs, laptops and a Palm Pilot. I also use the Internet to visit websites, especially within Polish-language Internet. I usually go to political discussion groups and sites - of course, as I use my real name, people never believe that they are chatting with me!

He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed.