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I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.

Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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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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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 am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
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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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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 have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
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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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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 believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
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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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If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.
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There is something of the warrior in me.
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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 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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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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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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Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
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I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.
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Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.
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