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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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The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
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Without a single shot we've managed to liberate the world of communism but now there is a need for a global solidarity.
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I think if I got a bicycle from my father, I should give a car to my son.
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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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You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.
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I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.
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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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There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between
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One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
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Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically.
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I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
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President Lech Kaczynski is not at all active in Poland and his image abroad leaves a lot to be desired.
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Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.
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It is not difficult to censor foreign news. What is difficult today is to censor one's own thoughts, To sit by and see the blind man On the sightless horse, riding into the bottomless abyss.
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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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I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
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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 am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
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