Lech Walesa Quotes
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I want to light the lights of patriotism.
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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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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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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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I got politics and economics moving and then others took over.
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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 will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.
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Capitalism is in crisis.
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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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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 am no politician.
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I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
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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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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 risked my life.
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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 don't like to look a man in the eye.
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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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People are most important.
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I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
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We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
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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 that even the most complex situations can be solved by a dialogue and not by force.