Lech Walesa Quotes
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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.
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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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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 am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.
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I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
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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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Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.
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Capitalism is in crisis.
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I risked my life.
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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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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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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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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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I got politics and economics moving and then others took over.
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I am no politician.
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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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I represent the concept that pluralism is essential, union pluralism. I made an oath about this.
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I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.
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I'm a fatalist.
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People are most important.
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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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Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it.