Andrzej Duda Quotes

I find it very easy and good to cooperate with President Donald Trump. Because he’s very down to earth, very concrete. He tells me what he wants; he asks me what he can get from us.

I am an honest person, and that is why I can admit historical facts and I will never try to contradict them.

What I find very painful are all these charges that democracy is really shaken in Poland, that we have been switching into some authoritarian regime.

There is no plan today to fully give up on coal. Experts point out that our supplies run for another 200 years, and it would be hard not to use them.

It is not possible for any institutions to interfere in the way parents raise their children.

We are still faced, even in Europe, with the return of imperialist tendencies, attempts to change borders by force, assaults on other states, taking their land, enslaving citizens.

No one from abroad can dictate to us whether Poles are allowed to defend themselves against slandering.

Anyone who expresses anti-Semitic ideas in Poland is like a person who steps on a grave – a despicable act in Polish culture.

Poland needs reform of the judiciary, but I am a supporter of a wise reform.

The best course of action for Poland would be to have U.S. troops stationed on its territory. It’s the only way to guarantee the country’s security.

I’m hugely delighted with the presence of U.S. Armed Forces in the Polish territory.

The truth about the Holocaust must not die.

I am absolutely not in favor of any compulsory vaccinations. Vaccination against coronavirus should absolutely not be mandatory.

Closing one’s eyes is not a recipe for peace. It is a simple way to embolden aggressive personalities.

Parents are responsible for the sexual education of their children.

We want a Union of free and equal nation states.

Family is the future, security is the future, work is the future, investment is the future, dignity is the future.

Poland is ready to admit every refugee who arrives in Poland, fleeing the war in the Middle East, no matter their faith or economic status, provided that they comply with our legal regulations and want to stay in our country.

I am the president of Poland, and I will never accept Poles being insulted or humiliated or facts being distorted that hurt our dignity.

It is crucial to maintain the political equality among the member states, which is fundamental to the community. At the same time we have to counteract the natural tendencies to create a hierarchy inside the E.U.

One has to work on the Polish economy, so that we start getting closer to real prosperity and not prosperity on paper.

Nato has always acted according to a simple principle: it is not worth attacking somebody who is strong.

If you ask the Polish people, I believe that a vast majority of them would say they are pleased with E.U. membership, but also a majority consider very highly the sovereignty and independence of Poland – they are very attached to Polish tradition.

I believe, and I have always believed, that these events on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day should take place in Auschwitz and that this is the most important place to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust.

I believe it lies in the interests of Poland that our representatives are in the most prestigious positions, both in the European and global arena.

I’m deeply satisfied with the decisions that were taken by Warsaw NATO Summit in 2016, where the presence of the military forces of NATO in Poland was guaranteed.

Nato is supposed to be here to protect the alliance… If Poland and other central European countries constitute the real flank of Nato, then it seems natural to me, a logical conclusion, that bases should be placed in those countries.

Winning the presidential election with 70 percent of turnout is excellent news. I’m very moved.

Those years when Poland was occupied by the Nazis was one of the darkest time in Poland’s history.

We continue to advocate and demand that the territorial integrity of both Ukraine and Georgia be preserved… It is absolutely unacceptable that in the 21st century, Russia is shifting borders in Europe by force.

The E.U. has to be a community, thanks to which we are more secure, stronger, and we can achieve more. It shouldn’t be a structure which is associated by its citizens with prohibitions, orders and complicated regulations.

If someone is undertaking aggressive military activities in Ukraine and Syria, if someone is bolstering his military presence near his neighbors… then we have an unequivocal answer regarding who wants to start a new Cold War. Certainly, it is not Poland or the NATO alliance.

It is not in Poland’s interest that the U.K. leaves the European Union. We think it would lead to a big crisis and even a collapse if the U.K. left.

History is sometimes hard. We study it and try to discover facts.

I will never agree with statements that Poles as a nation participated in the Holocaust or Poland participated in the Holocaust. It humiliates us and hurts us.

If any part of the U.S. armed forces, which is the biggest armed forces in the world, was withdrawn from Europe, that would be very detrimental to European security.

What it depends on is someone’s upbringing and the traditions and that is how you decide if you are Jewish or not.

Our country vanished from the map of Europe after the attack of the Soviet Union against Poland. That is our history. It is a very difficult one.

Poland is an attractive country, and first and foremost it’s got a very important strategic location in Europe.

Not everyone is able to show courage, but human decency must be demanded of every person.

I unequivocally repeat: marriage in accordance with the Polish Constitution is a union between a man and a woman.

Of course we have the right to have expectations towards Europe – especially towards the Europe that left us to be the prey of the Russians in 1945 – but above all we have the right to rule ourselves here on our own and decide what form Poland should have.

Those who voted for me voted for change. Together we can change Poland.

Poland is a big European country. I believe it is an interesting partner where the United States and the U.S. business is very much welcome.

We should do everything we can to demonstrate to the U.K. the attractiveness of the E.U.