Lech Walesa Quotes

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Lech Walesa

Profession : Politician

Birth : September 29, 1943

When I recall my own path of life I cannot but speak of the violence, hatred and lies. A lesson drawn from such experiences, however, was that we can effectively oppose violence only if we ourselves do not resort to it.

Lech Walesa

What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade unions independent from the authorities, founded and shaped by the working people themselves.

Lech Walesa

The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.

Lech Walesa

Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.

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

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

I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.

Lech Walesa

I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction.

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I decided to get to know my opponents and their arguments.

Lech Walesa

One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.

Lech Walesa

I had my own battle tactics.

Lech Walesa

I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice.

Lech Walesa

You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.

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Capitalism is in crisis.

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I have more than 100 honorary Ph.D.s.

Lech Walesa

I cannot stand for more than half an hour in one place.

Lech Walesa

I represent the concept that pluralism is essential, union pluralism. I made an oath about this.

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I am no politician.

Lech Walesa

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'm a fatalist.

Lech Walesa