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85 quotes by Lech Walesa

Lech Wałęsa (English pronunciation: /ˌlɛk vəˈwɛnsə/; Polish: [ˈlɛx vaˈwɛ sa] ( listen); born 29 September 1943) is a Polish politician, trade-union organizer, philanthropist and human-rights activist. A charismatic leader, he co-founded Solidarity (Solidarność), the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. Wałęsa was an electrician by trade....
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I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my... →

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I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.

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

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Obviously people want social calm, but if you do not let clever and ingenious people to participate, obviously there must be some dormant volcano... →

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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... →

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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... →

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We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

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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... →

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The fall of the Berlin Wall makes for nice pictures. But it all started in the shipyards.

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I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.

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Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

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Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically. The system suppresses individual initiative, and the 21st century is all about... →

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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.

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