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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.

Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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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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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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The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
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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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There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between
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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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Deep faith eliminates fear.
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Words are plentiful deeds are precious.
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Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.
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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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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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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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One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
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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 want to light the lights of patriotism.
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Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
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