"This was a conscious decision of my wife, resulting from her concern about the mental health of our children."
-Wrocław Mayor Rafał Dutkiewicz, on why he does not have a television set at home

"Many people worship democratic freedoms in the same way that primitive tribes used to worship wooden idols. This is because illusions of democracy are among the most serious forms of social psychosis."
-Artur Górski, a deputy with the conservative opposition party Law and Justice (PiS), in an article that he once published in a monarchist magazine he used to run

"If I'd known that governing means eight hours of talking about carbon dioxide emissions, eight hours of discussing early retirement plans, and four hours of sleep, I would've stayed out of this business."
-Prime Minister Donald Tusk, at a meeting of government officials, employers and trade unionists, unaware of the fact that he was being recorded

"In order to delay the chase, the criminal scattered around some of the 20-zloty bills he had stolen. People began to fight for the money, and our officers found it difficult to make their way through the crowd."
-A police officer from Świdnica, in southwestern Poland, about a local bank robbery

Compiled from press reports