Lech Walesa Quotes
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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?
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I want to light the lights of patriotism.
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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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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.
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I don't have regrets I didn't spend more time with my family because I've lived my life to the full, and you can't look back in regret.
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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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I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.
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I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.
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Capitalism is in crisis.
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I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
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Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.
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Up to the 20th century, we can say that this whole period was an Earth epoch, 'Earth' meaning the riches of the earth, simple physical work. That is why there were wars, the movement of frontiers, war over riches.
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I got politics and economics moving and then others took over.
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The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now.
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I am no politician.
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I risked my life.
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I don't like to look a man in the eye.
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I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force.
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We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
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I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
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People are most important.
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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'm a fatalist.
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I represent the concept that pluralism is essential, union pluralism. I made an oath about this.