I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.

Poles finished communism, and Great Britain profited significantly from this.

When I recall my own path of life I cannot but speak of the violence, hatred and lies. A lesson drawn from such experiences, however, was that we can effectively oppose violence only if we ourselves do not resort to it.

My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes of the war in which my nation never bowed to the enemy paying the highest price in the struggle.

My most ardent desire is that my country will recapture its historic opportunity for a peaceful evolution and that Poland will prove to the world that even the most complex situations can be solved by a dialogue and not by force.

I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society.

Tomorrow there will be no division to Europe and Asia. These are old concepts that would remain only on maps. Everything will be united. Companies will be united. It is a process of structures growing due to the technological progress.

The defense of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.

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

I am no politician.

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.

Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.

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.

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.

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.

I decided to get to know my opponents and their arguments.

There is something of the warrior in me.

You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.

I have more than 100 honorary Ph.D.s.

I'm a fatalist.

People always ask me, 'Lech, aren't you afraid of being killed?' And as an answer I shrug my shoulders.

Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.

For now, capitalism is working to produce more money but does not see the people. This problem is getting worse across the world.

The people in Poland had to deal with painful reforms.

I don't like to look a man in the eye.

The politicians always told us that the Cold War stand-off could only change by way of nuclear war. None of them believed that such systemic change was possible.

I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.

My health is very much improved.

I hope to work harder than ever to help people around the world.

I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.

We were hoping Obama would reclaim moral leadership for America. That failed.

We have travelled so far in our technical advancements that we are no longer located in our own countries.

We need to agree on common values for all religions as soon as possible, a kind of secular Ten Commandments on which we will build the world of tomorrow.

Life creates new heroes, and new heroes always find it easiest to beat up on the previous heroes.

Up to the 20th century, we can say that this whole period was an Earth epoch, 'Earth' meaning the riches of the earth, simple physical work. That is why there were wars, the movement of frontiers, war over riches.

Technology helped end communism by bringing in information from the outside.