-
I got politics and economics moving and then others took over.
Lech Walesa -
As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any danger to anybody. Our nation is fully aware of the responsibility for its own fate in the complicated situation of the contemporary world.
Lech Walesa
-
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.
Lech Walesa -
You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.
Lech Walesa -
I decided to get to know my opponents and their arguments.
Lech Walesa -
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.
Lech Walesa -
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
Lech Walesa -
I have a vision, and I know I'm right.
Lech Walesa
-
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.
Lech Walesa -
No minority should climb all over the majority.
Lech Walesa -
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.
Lech Walesa -
One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
Lech Walesa -
Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented.
Lech Walesa -
We were hoping Obama would reclaim moral leadership for America. That failed.
Lech Walesa
-
Democracy is made up of three elements. One is whether the laws support pluralistic principles. The second is whether the people take advantage of these laws. The third element is whether the peoples' wallets are thick enough to benefit from this democracy.
Lech Walesa -
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
Lech Walesa -
The people in Poland had to deal with painful reforms.
Lech Walesa -
My struggle led to the reunification of Germany and the creation of the state of Europe. We destroyed the borders; globalisation is on the horizon.
Lech Walesa -
He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed.
Lech Walesa -
The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.
Lech Walesa
-
I have more than 100 honorary Ph.D.s.
Lech Walesa -
I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction.
Lech Walesa -
Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
Lech Walesa -
The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence, and fighting for its own freedom, fought at the same time for the freedom of other nations.
Lech Walesa