“The steps taken today serve to preserve the basic features of socialist renewal. All the reforms will be continued in an atmosphere of order, businesslike discussion and discipline, also economic reform.”

—  Wojciech Jaruzelski

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

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