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This is the moment of your de...

This is the moment of your defeat; you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

Building democracy as an impo...

Building democracy as an imposition from abroad is a form of imperialism.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

The United States is only one...

The United States is only one superpower. Today they lead the world. Nobody has doubts about it. Militarily. They also lead economically but they're getting weak. But they don't lead morally and politically anymore. The world has no leadership. The United States was always the last resort and hope for all other nations. There was the hope, whenever something was going wrong, one could count on the United States. Today, we lost that hope.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

We need a global parliament, ...

We need a global parliament, a global government and possibly a global ministry for security.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

In many parts of the world th...

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.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

Power is only important as an...

Power is only important as an instrument for service to the powerless.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

If there were fish in the lak...

If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

President Lech Kaczynski is n...

President Lech Kaczynski is not at all active in Poland and his image abroad leaves a lot to be desired.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

I only fear God, and my wife ...

I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

It is not difficult to censor...

It is not difficult to censor foreign news. What is difficult today is to censor one's own thoughts, To sit by and see the blind man On the sightless horse, riding into the bottomless abyss.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

There should be a left leg an...

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

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

The politicians always told u...

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.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

People always ask me, 'Lech, ...

People always ask me, 'Lech, aren't you afraid of being killed?' And as an answer I shrug my shoulders.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

When I was fighting communism...

When I was fighting communism, there was rapid development of satellite television and cell phones, and communism, to survive, would have to block all these information devices.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

[Without Pope John Paul II] t...

[Without Pope John Paul II] there would be no end of Communism or at least much later, and the end would have been bloody.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

We must be courageous but als...

We must be courageous but also reasonable. The world admires us for walking a tightrope without falling off. It asks us to keep our balance.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

The world needs leaders of vi...

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

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

Irrespective of todays judgme...

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.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

Everyone wants a voice in hum...

Everyone wants a voice in human freedom. There's a fire burning inside all of us.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

Democracy is made up of three...

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.

Lech Walesa 127 quotes

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