These commemorations are intended to promote knowledge of Auschwitz as widely as possible and bring the truth about the camps to the younger generation, |
This is why today, as a citizen and as the president of the Republic of Poland, I beg pardon. I beg pardon in my own name, and in the name of those Poles whose conscience is shattered by that crime. |
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 driving towards trans-Atlantic unity. We are against a conflict with the United States, |
We are very happy with the decision of today. Poland waited so long and now the doors to full NATO membership are open. We are very satisfied and we are ready to go forward. |
We have to show them that their interests are protected and that enlargement is good for all of Europe. |
We shouldn't exaggerate this referendum, |
We think that the United States is a necessary factor in Europe as far as security, politics and the economy are concerned. |
Without that, the face of the world would not have changed, ... the greatest moral authority of our time. |
would mean the triumph of one side, and every triumph is dangerous because it carries the seed of arrogance, pride and mistakes. |