"The introduction of martial law was the most dramatic decision I had ever taken. And life had treated me harshly. I e…"

"I had to face up to many a dangers, often looking death in the face. Later, in the decades which ensued, I often had …"

"The most important thing is to hit the bull's-eye at the historically most appropriate moment. Which is why all oppor…"

"I am saying this to avoid any suspicion that I want to defend, at no matter what price, the decisions I took. Martial…"

"A politician has to bear the weight of decisions whose effects are often enormous. And those decisions have to be tak…"

"The absence of a decision could result in an impetuous, dangerous development of a situation which has got out of any…"

"Citizens of the Polish People’s Republic. I turn to you today as a soldier and as the head of the Polish Government. …"

"The nation has come to the end of its psychological endurance. Many people are beginning to despair. Now it is not da…"

"The self-preservation instinct of the nation must be heard. Adventurists must have their hands tied before they push …"

"Poland is not situated in a territorial vacuum on some uninhabited island. Indeed, the opposite is true. It lies in t…"