Donald Tusk's Quotes

A word of truth can mobilise two peoples looking for the road to reconciliation.

Communism was something so hideous that you had to be an exceptional conformist or a fool not to see the evil around you.

For Poland, the United States is the most important ally.

I got into politics a little bit by chance, as a person from the first generation of the Solidarity movement.

I spent an important part of my life participating in conflicts. But for me, conflict was not the main principle.

I'm plain incapable of getting angry with Angela Merkel and likewise.

If there's one country that can be trusted to understand the complexity of history, it's Israel.

My family history, like that of many Polish, German and Jewish families from Central Europe in the 20th century, is complex.

My government is in no sense anti-Russian.

Poland is not a very large country, but it's also not a small country.

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

Poles must understand history but we must also overcome it if it is obstructing our contemporary goals.

Politics itself is not sacred any more.

Quality of life is not only about what you find in the shops; it's about the landscape.

There is no Polish culture without Jewish culture.

Today, the most important political instrument in the hands of the opposition is the presidential veto.

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.

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.

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?

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.