You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?
In many parts of the world the people are searching for a solution which would link the two basic values: peace and justice. The two are like bread and salt for mankind.
I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling.
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.
My country is in the grips of a major economic crisis. This is causing dramatic consequences for the very existence of Polish families. A permanent economic crisis in Poland may also have serious repercussions for Europe. Thus, Poland ought to be helped and deserves help.
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.
Building democracy as an imposition from abroad is a form of imperialism.
We need a global parliament, a global government and possibly a global ministry for security.
When he saw injustice, he wanted to do away with it. He saw communism, and he wanted to put an end to it.
Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave us the strength and the awareness of the limits beyond which we must not go.
I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically.
Without a single shot we've managed to liberate the world of communism but now there is a need for a global solidarity.
The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence, and fighting for its own freedom, fought at the same time for the freedom of other nations.
I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction.
What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade unions independent from the authorities, founded and shaped by the working people themselves.
The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
For now, capitalism is working to produce more money but does not see the people. This problem is getting worse across the world.
In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.
There is something of the warrior in me.
There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between
I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.
Capitalism is in crisis.
I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice.
