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I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.

Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.
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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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If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.
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You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.
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Democracy is made up of three elements. One is whether the laws support pluralistic principles. The second is whether the people take advantage of these laws. The third element is whether the peoples' wallets are thick enough to benefit from this democracy.
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I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force.
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