Poland is not a very large country, but it's also not a small country.

What we have to do is to definitively remove the last vestiges of power from those who treat terms such as liberal democracy, free markets and Europe with suspicion.

I spent an important part of my life participating in conflicts. But for me, conflict was not the main principle.

We must go beyond being reactive and defensive. As Europeans we must regain our self-confidence and realize our own strengths.

Over the years, the European Union and the United States have worked together to ensure peace and prosperity for our citizens and for people around the world.

My Kashubian family, like the Jews, are people who were born and live in border areas and were suspected by the Nazis and by the Communists of being disloyal.

We should remind our American friends of their own motto: United we stand. Divided, we fall.

I got into politics a little bit by chance, as a person from the first generation of the Solidarity movement.

I am glad that Angela Merkel is the German Chancellor, as she tries to combine a sense of responsibility with morality and values. Because this is the essence of Europe.

Poles must understand history but we must also overcome it if it is obstructing our contemporary goals.

The strategic partnership between the European Union and the United States is rooted in our shared values of freedom, human rights, democracy and a belief in the market economy.

You'll forgive the flowery talk, won't you? Our family does so love to be told they are beautiful. Vanity is an old and venerable habit.

Too much of what is called 'education' is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.

Mark this well, you proud men of action! you are, after all, nothing but unconscious instruments of the men of thought.

Bubba made a sound of disapproval "You're not supposed to be kissing on anybody else, Miss Sookie" he said "Bill said it was okay, but I don't like it.

I'm trapped in a fun-house mirror reflection of a historical society where everyone was crazy by default, driven mad by irrational laws and meaningless customs.

Within the framework of something very dramatic, funny things happen. Organically, from them.

There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.

The masses of the people of Africa are crying for unity.

I represented many of these kids as they become young adults in the criminal justice system when I was a public defender. One way of reaching out is by the mind of experimentation.

If there's time for an emergency, why isn't there time for brilliance, generosity or learning?