Freedom may be the soul of humanity, but often you have to struggle to prove it.

When I was fighting communism, there was rapid development of satellite television and cell phones, and communism, to survive, would have to block all these information devices.

Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.

If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.

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 people in Poland had to deal with painful reforms.

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.