Recognition
After the fall of communism in Poland, Dmowski's achievements and merits have began to be recognized. Several important roads and bridges have been named after him. In November 2006 statue of Roman Dmowski was unveiled in Warsaw, engraved with his famous quote Jestem Polakiem więc mam obowiązki polskie (I am Polish, therefore I have Polish obligations). Statue of Dmowski holds the Treaty of Versailles in his left hand.
For his achievement for the independence of Poland and expansion of Polish national consciousness, he was honoured on 8 January 1999 by the Polish Sejm with special legislation. The document honours him also for founding Polish school of political realism and responsibility, shaping Polish (especially Western) borders and "emphasizing the firm connection between Catholicism and Polishness for the survival of the Nation and the rebuilding of the State".
Dmowski was awarded several state awards - the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1923), Order of the Star of Romania and Order of Oranje-Nassau. He received the honoris causa doctorate from the Cambridge University (1916) and the University of Poznań (1923). He refused to be given other awards.
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