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The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and the intelligentsia, the solidarity of the nation, the solidarity of people who seek to live in dignity, truth, and in harmony with their conscience.

Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
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I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.
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My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes of the war in which my nation never bowed to the enemy paying the highest price in the struggle.
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When I recall my own path of life I cannot but speak of the violence, hatred and lies. A lesson drawn from such experiences, however, was that we can effectively oppose violence only if we ourselves do not resort to it.
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I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
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