Donald Tusk Quotes
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A word of truth can mobilise two peoples looking for the road to reconciliation.
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Europe should be grateful by President Trump, because thanks to him we have got rid of old illusions. He has made us realise that if you need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of your arm.
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Poland is not a very large country, but it's also not a small country.
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My government is in no sense anti-Russian.
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I can confirm that Poland should become a eurozone country, and not just because of the treaties that have been signed, but because I consider it of strategic interest both for Poland and the E.U.
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There is no Polish culture without Jewish culture.
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If we want to protect people against dictators or repression or torture, don't you need that rule to be universal so as to not end up with a situation where we do so only when it is comfortable, profitable and safe?
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My family history, like that of many Polish, German and Jewish families from Central Europe in the 20th century, is complex.
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Europe is not old, haggard or barren. Europe is young, dynamic and vital. Our continent remains the best place in the world to live.
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Communism was something so hideous that you had to be an exceptional conformist or a fool not to see the evil around you.
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If there's one country that can be trusted to understand the complexity of history, it's Israel.
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We want to understand democracy as an endless discussion, or a constant debate when we choose a path. (...) But when the consensus comes, (...) we work as one body.
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We are giving the citizens of Poland a sense that a reasonable and predictable government is ruling here.
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In Poland we still believe - and this certainly applies to my government - that greater competitiveness, and greater growth and savings are possible in an economy which is as sparely regulated as possible, where freedom, competition and private ownership are key values.
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I spent an important part of my life participating in conflicts. But for me, conflict was not the main principle.
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We should believe in the strength and vitality of the values which constitute the E.U. and which neighbouring states can believe in and aspire to join.
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My Kashubian family, like the Jews, are people who were born and live in border areas and were suspected by the Nazis and by the Communists of being disloyal.
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What we have to do is to definitively remove the last vestiges of power from those who treat terms such as 'liberal democracy,' 'free markets' and 'Europe' with suspicion.
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Quality of life is not only about what you find in the shops; it's about the landscape.
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Today, the most important political instrument in the hands of the opposition is the presidential veto.
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The government has been repairing Poland's image and its relations with the European Union and the world.
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Poles must understand history but we must also overcome it if it is obstructing our contemporary goals.
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Politics itself is not sacred any more.
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I will be engaging myself personally, as the head of the Polish government, in the optimization of conditions for the exploration, research, logistics and the business related to the production of shale gas.