I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force.

Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.

Without a single shot we've managed to liberate the world of communism but now there is a need for a global solidarity.

I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction.

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.

The people in Poland had to deal with painful reforms.