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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
Dissident
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If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.
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Capitalism is in crisis.
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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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I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
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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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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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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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There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between
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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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I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.
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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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Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
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One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
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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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Deep faith eliminates fear.
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The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
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Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.
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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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You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.
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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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