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My most ardent desire is that...

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.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

My struggle led to the reunif...

My struggle led to the reunification of Germany and the creation of the state of Europe. We destroyed the borders; globalisation is on the horizon.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

Tomorrow there will be no div...

Tomorrow there will be no division to Europe and Asia. These are old concepts that would remain only on maps. Everything will be united. Companies will be united. It is a process of structures growing due to the technological progress.

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I have more than 100 honorary...

I have more than 100 honorary Ph.D.s.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

Communism in Cuba will collap...

Communism in Cuba will collapse sooner or later because you can't control the free flow of information. 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.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

The hope of the nation which ...

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.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

It is hardly possible to buil...

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

This conviction brought me, i...

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.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

When I recall my own path of ...

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.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

Freedom must be gained step b...

Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

For now, capitalism is workin...

For now, capitalism is working to produce more money but does not see the people. This problem is getting worse across the world.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

The supply of words in the wo...

The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

Life creates new heroes, and ...

Life creates new heroes, and new heroes always find it easiest to beat up on the previous heroes.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

As a nation we have the right...

As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any danger to anybody. Our nation is fully aware of the responsibility for its own fate in the complicated situation of the contemporary world.

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The sole and basic source of ...

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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You have riches and freedom h...

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?

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

We need to agree on common va...

We need to agree on common values for all religions as soon as possible, a kind of secular Ten Commandments on which we will build the world of tomorrow.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

Our firm conviction that ours...

Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave us the strength and the awareness of the limits beyond which we must not go.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

We shall not yield to violenc...

We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

Let the veil of silence fall ...

Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

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