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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
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We respect the dignity and the rights of every man and every nation. The path to a brighter future of the world leads through honest reconciliation of the conflicting interests and not through hatred and bloodshed. To follow that path means to enhance the moral power of the all-embracing idea of human solidarity.
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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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One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
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I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.
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In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.
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I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
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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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I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
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There is something of the warrior in me.
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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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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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I want to light the lights of patriotism.
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My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes of the war in which my nation never bowed to the enemy paying the highest price in the struggle.
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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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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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Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically.
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My health is very much improved.
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I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
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