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I think if I got a bicycle from my father, I should give a car to my son.

Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force.
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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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I realize that the strivings of the Polish people gave rise, and still do so, to the feelings of understanding and solidarity all over the world.
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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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I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.
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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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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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This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who came out in the defense of the workers' rights and dignity.
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One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
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There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between
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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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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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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 politicians always told us that the Cold War stand-off could only change by way of nuclear war. None of them believed that such systemic change was possible.
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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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Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.
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