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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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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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Capitalism is in crisis.
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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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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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In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.
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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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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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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.
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I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society.
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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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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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The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television.
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One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
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My health is very much improved.
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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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Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.
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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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It all came from there, Lech Walesa said, pointing to a TV when a reporter asked him why communism fell.
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The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
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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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I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.
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