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The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television.

Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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My country is in the grips of a major economic crisis. This is causing dramatic consequences for the very existence of Polish families. A permanent economic crisis in Poland may also have serious repercussions for Europe. Thus, Poland ought to be helped and deserves help.
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Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
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Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.
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There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between
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I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.
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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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If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.
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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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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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Communism prevents organizations from developing by stopping the flow of information. The system is based on police and listening devices and triggers the worst characteristics in humans.
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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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One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
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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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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 program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
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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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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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I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
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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 want to light the lights of patriotism.
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