Andrzej Duda

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 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.

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

I'm not going to argue with scientists how much human activity affects natural environment, including climate.

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.

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.

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

If the E.U. formally becomes a union of different speeds it would in effect be formally divided into better and worse members and it would to a large extent lose its attractiveness for those countries that were deemed second class.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

There is a threat of Russian energy domination, especially when Russia mentions that it's going to build more pipelines - Nord Stream III, Nord Stream IV.

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

During the entire communist era, communist ideology was imposed on children. That was Bolshevism.

Parents are responsible for the sexual education of their children.

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.

The truth about the Holocaust must not die.

Distorting the history of World War II, denying the crimes of genocide and the Holocaust as well as an instrumental use of Auschwitz to attain any given goal is tantamount to desecration of the memory of the victims whose ashes are scattered here.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

I am convinced there is no more effective method of preventing a war than a decisive stance illustrating that we are ready at any moment to repel possible attack.

Without the reform of the justice system, there is no possibility of building a just state.

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.

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 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.

NATO should demonstrate that it is capable of creating new forces which would protect its eastern flank. It would constitute an enormous change.

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.

Both Poland and Canada should be advocates of long-'lasting, peaceful solutions in eastern Ukraine, based on unconditional respect of international law.

From our point of view having American, Canadian or British troops on a rotating basis in Poland and in the Baltics would be an enormous boon to our defence capabilities.

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.

We want a Union of free and equal nation states.

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

We do not agree with policies that would lead to attempts at easing sanctions or lifting them and returning to business as usual with Russia. We believe that such behaviour will only embolden the aggressive behavior of Russia, as the last 12 years have shown, starting with Russia's attack on Georgia in 2008.

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.

There are Jews who were born in Poland before World War II and survived the Holocaust, who think Poland and the Poles deserve an apology.