Lech Walesa Quotes
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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 am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.
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The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
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I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling.
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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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Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.
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I had my own battle tactics.
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I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice.
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I represent the concept that pluralism is essential, union pluralism. I made an oath about this.
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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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Capitalism is in crisis.
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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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I'm a fatalist.
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I am no politician.
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Life creates new heroes, and new heroes always find it easiest to beat up on the previous heroes.
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People are most important.
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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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Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it.
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I don't like to look a man in the eye.
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After the war, Germany fully confessed to all its dirty tricks. It's necessary to is draw a line under the past, even if people did something evil. Until we do, wounds won't heal.
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I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.
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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.
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I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.
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Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.