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Lech Walesa
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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade unions independent from the authorities, founded and shaped by the working people themselves.
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The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
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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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The politicians always told us that the Cold War stand-off could only change by way of nuclear war. None of them believed that such systemic change was possible.
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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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If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.
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I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
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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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The fall of the Berlin Wall makes for nice pictures. But it all started in the shipyards.
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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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This is the moment of your defeat you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism.
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I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
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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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Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically.
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Deep faith eliminates fear.
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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 most ardent desire is that my country will recapture its historic opportunity for a peaceful evolution and that Poland will prove to the world that even the most complex situations can be solved by a dialogue and not by force.
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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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There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between
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