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There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between

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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
Dissident
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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 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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I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.
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My health is very much improved.
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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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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 have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
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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 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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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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One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
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Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.
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Words are plentiful deeds are precious.
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I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
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I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.
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Capitalism is in crisis.
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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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Deep faith eliminates fear.
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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 youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes of the war in which my nation never bowed to the enemy paying the highest price in the struggle.
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