The people in Poland had to deal with painful reforms.

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.

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

When he saw injustice, he wanted to do away with it. He saw communism, and he wanted to put an end to it.

I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.

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.

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!