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I realize that the strivings of the Polish people gave rise, and still do so, to the feelings of understanding and solidarity all over the world.

Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
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I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.
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I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society.
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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 am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and 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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I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.
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The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence, and fighting for its own freedom, fought at the same time for the freedom of other nations.
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The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
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Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.
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