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I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.

Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
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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President Lech Kaczynski is not at all active in Poland and his image abroad leaves a lot to be desired.
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Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.
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It all came from there, Lech Walesa said, pointing to a TV when a reporter asked him why communism fell.
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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 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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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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If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.
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Deep faith eliminates fear.
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You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?
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The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
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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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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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There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between
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I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
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I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
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Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.
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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 am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.
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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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