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I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice.

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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Words are plentiful deeds are precious.
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Deep faith eliminates fear.
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I believed it would succeed. It was Polish Solidarity and its victory that put an end to the old era when what mattered were borders and rival blocs.
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This is the moment of your defeat you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism.
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In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.
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I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.
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Without a single shot we've managed to liberate the world of communism but now there is a need for a global solidarity.
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