"Nie jest ważne, czy w Polsce będzie kapitalizm, wolność słowa, czy w Polsce będzie dobrobyt – najważniejsze, aby Polska była katolicka”
“It is not important whether there will be capitalism, freedom of speech, or prosperity in Poland - the most important thing is that Poland is catholic”
1993, Henryk Goryszewski, back then deputy PM and chairman of Economic Policy, Budget and Finance Commission of polish government
“It is better to be poor under capitalism than rich under socialism.” - Polish Gang of Four
"Nie jest ważne, czy w Polsce będzie kapitalizm, wolność słowa, czy w Polsce będzie dobrobyt – najważniejsze, aby Polska była katolicka”
“It is not important whether there will be capitalism, freedom of speech, or prosperity in Poland - the most important thing is that Poland is catholic”
am I off base for thinking it was a big CIA victory to make sure Wojtyła became pope
It was, he wasn’t just anticommunist, he was straight up in their pocket.