Wojciech Jaruzelski: Nation

Wojciech Jaruzelski was Polish military officer and politician. Explore interesting quotes on nation.
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“Our soldier's hands are clean; he knows his hard service ... and has no other aim but the good of the nation.”

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Excerpts of Martial law speech (14 December 1981)

“The self-preservation instinct of the nation must be heard. Adventurists must have their hands tied before they push the homeland into the abyss of fratricide.”

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Source: Excerpts of Martial law speech (14 December 1981)

“The nation has come to the end of its psychological endurance. Many people are beginning to despair. Now it is not days but hours that separate us from a national catastrophe. Honesty compels one to ask the question: Did things have to come to this?”

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Source: Excerpts of Martial law speech (14 December 1981)

People , Despair , Question

“Exactly one year ago martial law was introduced. The year that has passed was a great test. We have passed it. It has been passed by the party, by the people's authority and all the citizens. But there is the only winner: the Polish nation. This is the shortest-put truth about the past year.”

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Source: Speech on 1982

People , Truth , Law , Past

“It cannot be said that we didn't show good will, moderation, patience, sometimes there probably was too much of it ... the initiative of the great national understanding was backed by millions of Poles.”

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Source: Excerpts of Martial law speech (14 December 1981)

Understanding , Patience