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

Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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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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In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.
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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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This is the moment of your defeat you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism.
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If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.
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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 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 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 think if I got a bicycle from my father, I should give a car to my son.
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I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
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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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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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One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
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