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Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.

Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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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.
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For now, capitalism is working to produce more money but does not see the people. This problem is getting worse across the world.
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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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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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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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Words are plentiful deeds are precious.
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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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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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I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
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Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.
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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 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 sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and the intelligentsia, the solidarity of the nation, the solidarity of people who seek to live in dignity, truth, and in harmony with their conscience.
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I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.
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I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.
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In many parts of the world the people are searching for a solution which would link the two basic values: peace and justice. The two are like bread and salt for mankind.
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The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television.
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I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
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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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Deep faith eliminates fear.
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