Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Wojciech Jaruzelski

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Polish leader Wojciech Jaruzelski.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski was a Polish military officer, politician and de facto leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 until 1989. He was the First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party between 1981 and 1989, making him the last leader of the Polish People's Republic. Jaruzelski served as Prime Minister from 1981 to 1985, the Chairman of the Council of State from 1985 to 1989 and briefly as President of Poland from 1989 to 1990, when the office of President was restored after 37 years. He was also the last commander-in-chief of the Polish People's Army, which in 1990 became the Polish Armed Forces.

Polish - Leader | July 6, 1923 - May 25, 2014

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America is so large and so diverse that it is overwhelming, but my first impressions are favorable.

Wojciech Jaruzelski

I exist only in the past.

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Socialism as such from its very origins is a workers' system, and when there occur deviations, it is workers that react first.

Wojciech Jaruzelski

I do not have to look for credentials for my Polishness and for my patriotism. I'm a Pole. The chronicles of my family go back - as far back as the 13th century.

Wojciech Jaruzelski

There were three causes that accounted for the proclamation of martial law in Poland. First it was the progressing economic ruin of the country. Second, it was the decomposition of the functioning of the state. And third, a threat of a civil war.

Wojciech Jaruzelski

Thank goodness we don't live in medieval times, when people fought wars over ideas.

Wojciech Jaruzelski

I served the Poland that existed.

Wojciech Jaruzelski

It was not that socialism failed, it was the lack of socialism.

Wojciech Jaruzelski