Portal:Poland/Polish quotes

"Rex regnat sed non gubernat" (The King reigns, but does not govern)

Jan Zamoyski

"I see the whole world open before me; the only place that remains sealed off is Poland, and suddenly I feel the atmosphere so close about me that at times it is difficult to breathe."

Ignacy Domeyko

"Peace is a precious and a desirable thing. Our generation, bloodied in wars, certainly deserves peace. But peace, like almost all things of this world, has its price, a high but a measurable one. We in Poland do not know the concept of peace at any price. There is only one thing in the lives of men, nations and countries that is without price. That thing is honor"

Józef Beck