Korvinus
18 Mar 2023
Off-Topic / Russian Views On Poland and Vice Versa [414]
Remember that the soul of a Russian, if not everyone, then almost everyone, is consumed with the spirit of hatred for every free Pole and for the idea of a free Poland.
They are easily capable of feeling even great friendship and will love you sincerely and heartily, like a brother, until they feel that in your heart you are a free man and you are afraid of their love, in which the dominant element is the desire to take care of you, in other words: to have you in their power.
This is the birth defect of their soul, hereditary and several hundred years old, for their slavery, for the Tartars, for Ivan, for the oprichniki, for eternal rebellions drowned in blood.
If one's own freedom is unattainable, the freedom of others arouses envy and disgust. For centuries, we have been too painful a role model for them, a denial of their own fate. I fear it will be a long time before they understand that no one and nothing but death will take away our right to freedom...
Józef Piłsudski
jagiellonia.org/pilsudski-o-rosji-zawsze-bedzie-imperialistyczna/
Remember that the soul of a Russian, if not everyone, then almost everyone, is consumed with the spirit of hatred for every free Pole and for the idea of a free Poland.
They are easily capable of feeling even great friendship and will love you sincerely and heartily, like a brother, until they feel that in your heart you are a free man and you are afraid of their love, in which the dominant element is the desire to take care of you, in other words: to have you in their power.
This is the birth defect of their soul, hereditary and several hundred years old, for their slavery, for the Tartars, for Ivan, for the oprichniki, for eternal rebellions drowned in blood.
If one's own freedom is unattainable, the freedom of others arouses envy and disgust. For centuries, we have been too painful a role model for them, a denial of their own fate. I fear it will be a long time before they understand that no one and nothing but death will take away our right to freedom...
Józef Piłsudski
jagiellonia.org/pilsudski-o-rosji-zawsze-bedzie-imperialistyczna/