"Citizens! I apologize for being late, but today's duties do not allow me to be punctual on the radio. But for everything new that our life gives us, it is, above all, the constant increase in the awareness of the power of the people of Warsaw. Every moment, thousands of facts, thousands of phenomena, strengthen faith in the immortal, indestructible forces of the Polish people. Citizens, yesterday a German tank reached the walls of Warsaw; before it could fire, it was destroyed at the city limits, with the help of whom? With the help of the women of Wola! This is national strength, this is the power of the people! Today in Warsaw everyone has the power of spirit, the power of the spirit of perseverance, the power of strength that can survive in any position and make it easier for the army to win!"
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Radio speech, 11 September 1939. Quoted in "Nodes of memory of independent Poland" ("Węzły pamięci niepodległej Polski") edited by Elżbieta Skotnicka-Illasiewicz (2014). CD 2, Voices and sounds, item 8 (Audio CD-ROM). Nodes of Memory Foundation (Fundacja Węzły Pamięci).
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