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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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Lech Walesa
Age: 80
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.
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I want to light the lights of patriotism.
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There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between
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I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and 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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I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
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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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If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.
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For now, capitalism is working to produce more money but does not see the people. This problem is getting worse across the world.
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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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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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I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.
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I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.
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My health is very much improved.
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Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.
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Words are plentiful deeds are precious.
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I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice.
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The fall of the Berlin Wall makes for nice pictures. But it all started in the shipyards.
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The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and the intelligentsia, the solidarity of the nation, the solidarity of people who seek to live in dignity, truth, and in harmony with their conscience.
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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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