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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: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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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 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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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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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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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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In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.
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Deep faith eliminates fear.
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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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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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I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
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One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
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Words are plentiful deeds are precious.
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Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.
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Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
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Capitalism is in crisis.
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I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
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I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.
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Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.
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