Quotes by Donald Tusk

“Today I must tell myself I did not make it.”

“I cannot agree to such a coalition where one party has all of the power and the other party has to deal with all the difficult problems.”

“I want to say to the competition at Law and Justice — we congratulate you. You won the election.”

“I hope you are not thinking about delaying talks on creating the government by four weeks because of the presidential election.”

“I trust deeply that my mild character and optimism will be a stronger weapon than blows.”

“I would like Poland to be -- and I think I can guarantee that it will be -- balanced, optimistic and confident of its own strengths.”

“You are ready to play with peoples money in your political battles. What if after you win your next battle but hundreds of people line up in front of banks?”

“The proposal to hold polls in May is unacceptable for us.”

“There will be no elections in May. We will not change our decision regardless of what Law and Justice comes up with.”

“If the (conservatives) want to be in charge of banks and the zloty then I can only warn all Polish people: watch your wallets.”

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.

Poland is quite a mediocre country in some regards. The only natural resource that we have, and with which we can compete, is freedom.