"What else is the literary character of Frankenstein, a creature created against the laws of nature, if not a model for in vitro conception."
-Bishop Tadeusz Pieronek, former secretary general of the Polish Episcopate

"We'll soon see a child scolded by a parent present them with a lawyer's business card."
-Beata Kempa, a deputy from the Law and Justice party, deputy head of the parliamentary Committee for Justice and Human Rights, on legal proposals aimed at protecting children against violence by parents

"It's worth singing your own praises, in order to motivate voters to engage in discussion and reflection."
-Jacek Sobczak, vice-marshal of Lublin province, from the Civic Platform, who text messaged his friends urging them to support him in an internet vote on the region's best politicians

"No election committee or candidate has been registered."
-A member of the Town Council in Lipsk, Podlaskie province, on why no supplementary elections were held in the town

Compiled from press reports