07/05/1987
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"By dismantling a bureaucracy while keeping intact its essential functions, we are moving ahead with our promise to make government serve the people—and do it more efficiently."
"Christmas, of course, is, I think for all of us, is a time of memories of our own childhood, of our children, grandchildren—but anyway, it is a time of children."
"We call upon all free people to join in urging the Government of Poland to reestablish conditions that will make constructive negotiations and compromise possible."
"Violence invites violence and threatens to plunge Poland into chaos."