There is something of the warrior in me.

Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically. The system suppresses individual initiative, and the 21st century is all about individualism and freedom. The development of technology supported these directions.

I believed it would succeed. It was Polish Solidarity and its victory that put an end to the old era when what mattered were borders and rival blocs.

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

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

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.

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