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One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.

Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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Lech Walesa
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Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.
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It is not difficult to censor foreign news. What is difficult today is to censor one's own thoughts, To sit by and see the blind man On the sightless horse, riding into the bottomless abyss.
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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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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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This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who came out in the defense of the workers' rights and dignity.
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Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
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Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.
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I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.
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If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.
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The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television.
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Words are plentiful deeds are precious.
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Deep faith eliminates fear.
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I want to light the lights of patriotism.
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Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.
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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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The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
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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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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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