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Only the sword now carries any weight in the balance for the destiny of a nation.

— Józef Piłsudski

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To be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on one's laurels, is defeat.

Whoever wasn't a socialist when he was young will be a son of a bitch when he gets older.

Bolshevism is a disease which is peculiar to Russia. It will never grow deep roots in any countries which are not entirely Russian.

Poland can have nothing to do with the restoration of the old Russia. Anything rather than that – even Bolshevism.

[About Poland] A great nation, only the people are cunts.

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