To be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious… - Józef Piłsudski

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To be defeated and not submit, is victory; to be victorious and rest on one's laurels, is defeat.

Józef Piłsudski

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Józef Klemens Piłsudski (December 5, 1867 – May 12, 1935) was a Polish statesman who served as the Chief of State (1918–1922) and First Marshal of Poland (from 1920). He was considered the de facto leader (1926–35) of the Second Polish Republic as the Minister of Military Affairs. After World War I, he held great power in Polish politics and was a distinguished figure on the international scene. He is viewed as a father of the Second Polish Republic re-established in 1918, 123 years after the final Partition of Poland by Austria, Prussia and Russia in 1795.

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Alternative Names: Józef Klemens Pilsudski • Jozef Klemens Pilsudski • Józef Klemens Piłsudski

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