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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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I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.
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In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.
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I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
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I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society.
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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 believed it would succeed. It was Polish Solidarity and its victory that put an end to the old era when what mattered were borders and rival blocs.
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I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.
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Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
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There is something of the warrior in me.
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