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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
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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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In many parts of the world the people are searching for a solution which would link the two basic values: peace and justice. The two are like bread and salt for mankind.
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I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.
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I want to light the lights of patriotism.
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I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.
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You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.
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The politicians always told us that the Cold War stand-off could only change by way of nuclear war. None of them believed that such systemic change was possible.
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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 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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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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It all came from there, Lech Walesa said, pointing to a TV when a reporter asked him why communism fell.
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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 hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence, and fighting for its own freedom, fought at the same time for the freedom of other nations.
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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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The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
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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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There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between
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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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Words are plentiful deeds are precious.
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