Roman Dmowski: Nationality

Roman Dmowski was Polish politician. Explore interesting quotes on nationality.

Roman Dmowski: 10 quotes1 like

“The nation becomes the master of its fate not only when it has many good sons, but also when it possesses enough strength to restrain its bad ones.”

"Podstawy polityki polskiej", Przegląd Wszechpolski (July 1905): 343, 349, 358-359.

“To be a Pole does not mean just to speak Polish or to feel close to other Poles, but to value the Polish nation above all else … [A Pole] must accept everything Polish, both good and bad, and must accept every period of the nation's history, both strong and weak.”

Myśli nowoczesnego Polaka, 7th ed., 1953, p. 26.

“In relations with other nations, there is neither right nor wrong; there is only strength and weakness.”

Myśli nowoczesnego Polaka, 7th ed., 1953, p. 14.