Quotes from Andrzej Duda

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

Regardless of whether they voted for me or not, I would like Poles to say after those five years that I really tried to be the president of all Poles, that I tried to answer their needs, that I was such a person.

Parents are responsible for the sexual education of their children.

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.

If the Jews had issues with the Polish people then why during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, did the Jewish underground hang two flags from the bunker - the Polish flag and the flag of the Jewish people? Why? They did it because they felt part of Polish society and that is how we view them as well.

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.

I want significant parts of Nato infrastructure, important for the alliance, to be placed in the central Europe.

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.

I think we can be confident that U.S. policy toward Poland and thus also our relations will not deteriorate, that at least they will not become weaker.

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.

I would very much like for us to set up permanent American bases in Poland, which we would call 'Fort Trump.'

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

I think that as president of Poland, I can speak about the suffering.

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.

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

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

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.

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

In this part of the world, due to our historical experiences with the Soviet Union and later with Russia, we are used to a situation where Moscow tends to put the blame on the people whenever a tragedy occurs, rather than on the authorities.

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.

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

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

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

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.