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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
Dissident
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There is something of the warrior in me.
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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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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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I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
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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 fall of the Berlin Wall makes for nice pictures. But it all started in the shipyards.
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Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically.
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I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.
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Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.
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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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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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This is the moment of your defeat you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism.
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Capitalism is in crisis.
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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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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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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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I realize that the strivings of the Polish people gave rise, and still do so, to the feelings of understanding and solidarity all over the world.
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Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.
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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 am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
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