152 Quotes by Lech Wałęsa


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    Without a single shot we've managed to liberate the world of communism but now there is a need for a global solidarity.

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    He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed.

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    I believed it would succeed. It was Polish Solidarity and its victory that put an end to the old era when what mattered were borders and rival blocs.

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    I realize that the strivings of the Polish people gave rise, and still do so, to the feelings of understanding and solidarity all over the world.

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    President Lech Kaczynski is not at all active in Poland and his image abroad leaves a lot to be desired.

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    The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and the intelligentsia, the solidarity of the nation, the solidarity of people who seek to live in dignity, truth, and in harmony with their conscience.

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    This is the moment of your defeat; you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism.

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    Communism in Cuba will collapse sooner or later because you can't control the free flow of information. Communism prevents organizations from developing by stopping the flow of information. The system is based on police and listening devices and triggers the worst characteristics in humans.

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