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Lech Walesa

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Lech Walesa
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 29
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There is something of the warrior in me.
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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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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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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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I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
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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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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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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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Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
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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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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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Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.
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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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You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.
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I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
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I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.
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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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Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.
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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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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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