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It's wonderful that Poland is free again and there's open debate and people can pursue their interests. I'm all for it.

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.

I've lost Poland. Without Poland, I go down. I've been thrown out; yet I love my country.

So I think that I can say, as the President of Poland, we're proud that I am coming from Poland, which is different and what's more important, much better than before.

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.

We all live in a free Poland, and there would be no free Poland without you, Twenty-five years ago, I did not stand on the same side together with you, but today I have no doubts that it was your vision of Poland which led us in the right direction.

We are giving the citizens of Poland a sense that a reasonable and predictable government is ruling here.

The government has been repairing Poland's image and its relations with the European Union and the world.

Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.

Poland is quite a mediocre country in some regards. The only natural resource that we have, and with which we can compete, is freedom.