"It infuriates me to see generals act like female cats in heat in the company of politicians. Many of them are poor commanders but very efficient at currying favor with those who hand out promotions."
-Gen. Waldemar Skrzypczak, former commander of the Polish Army, on certain senior Army officers

"I don't like feminists because they don't like women. Feminists are women who fail to find fulfillment in normal roles, and someone who lacks fulfillment looks for compensation in other fields."
-Ombudsman Janusz Kochanowski in a television interview

"I'm guided by emotions; I make fast decisions and only later do I wonder whether it was a good or bad decision."
-Beata Kempa, a deputy from the Law and Justice (PiS) party, deputy justice minister 2005-2007

"Alcohol, wine glasses, yogurt, non-stick frying pan, ski pants, a 'Hug Me' pillow."
-Some of the items Wojciech W., a police union chief in Lubuskie province, bought for private use with union membership fees

Compiled from press reports