Speech of the President during the award ceremony of Roger Scruton

Dear Mr. Speaker,
Dear Madam President,
Ladies and gentlemen, Ministers,
but above all, Dear Professor, our distinguished guest,
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen!

I am delighted that I could today honour Mr. Professor with the Great Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland on a day that has a special dimension in the Republic today. Exactly 30 years ago, the first semi-free elections to the Sejm, the free elections to the Senate were held in Poland, but first and foremost - by breaking the...