I got politics and economics moving and then others took over.

Power is only important as an instrument for service to the powerless.

We must be courageous but also reasonable. The world admires us for walking a tightrope without falling off. It asks us to keep our balance.

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.

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

You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.

It is not difficult to censor foreign news. What is difficult today is to censor one's own thoughts, To sit by and see the blind man On the sightless horse, riding into the bottomless abyss.