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You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.

Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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Democracy is made up of three elements. One is whether the laws support pluralistic principles. The second is whether the people take advantage of these laws. The third element is whether the peoples' wallets are thick enough to benefit from this democracy.
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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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Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
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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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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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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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I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
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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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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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I think if I got a bicycle from my father, I should give a car to my son.
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The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television.
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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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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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In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.
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Deep faith eliminates fear.
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If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.
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I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.
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I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.
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