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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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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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Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.
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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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In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.
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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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Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.
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The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
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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 want to light the lights of patriotism.
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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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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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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 have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
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When I was fighting communism, there was rapid development of satellite television and cell phones, and communism, to survive, would have to block all these information devices.
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If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.
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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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