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Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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Irrespective of todays judgment and the price we had to pay in this generation, we were able to close an epoch of divisions, different blocs and borders, opening the way for an era of globalization.
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I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
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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.
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When I was fighting communism, there was rapid development of satellite television and cell phones, and communism, to survive, would have to block all these information devices.
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It is not difficult to censor foreign news. What is difficult today is to censor one's own thoughts, To sit by and see the blind man On the sightless horse, riding into the bottomless abyss.
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President Lech Kaczynski is not at all active in Poland and his image abroad leaves a lot to be desired.
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Communism prevents organizations from developing by stopping the flow of information. The system is based on police and listening devices and triggers the worst characteristics in humans.
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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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Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
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The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
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Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented.
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Deep faith eliminates fear.
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It all came from there, Lech Walesa said, pointing to a TV when a reporter asked him why communism fell.
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If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.
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Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.
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The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television.
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For now, capitalism is working to produce more money but does not see the people. This problem is getting worse across the world.
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My country is in the grips of a major economic crisis. This is causing dramatic consequences for the very existence of Polish families. A permanent economic crisis in Poland may also have serious repercussions for Europe. Thus, Poland ought to be helped and deserves help.
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My health is very much improved.
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I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.
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