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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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Words are plentiful deeds are precious.
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