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.

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

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

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

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

My health is very much improved.

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

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

The people in Poland had to deal with painful reforms.

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

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

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

I'm a fatalist.

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

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

There is something of the warrior in me.

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

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.

The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.

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 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.

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

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.