Lech Walesa
Lech Walesa
Lech Wałęsa; born 29 September 1943) is a retired Polish politician and labor activist. He co-founded and headed Solidarity, the Soviet bloc's first independent trade union, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland from 1990 to 1995...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth29 September 1943
CityPopowo, Poland
CountryPoland
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I used to lead 10 million people, so what use to me is just 1,000? From a logical point of view, there is no room for me here.
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The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I se it, is service to a fellow human being.
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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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I'm a man of faith. I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.
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People always ask me, 'Lech, aren't you afraid of being killed?' And as an answer I shrug my shoulders.
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Tomorrow there will be no division to Europe and Asia. These are old concepts that would remain only on maps. Everything will be united. Companies will be united. It is a process of structures growing due to the technological progress.
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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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In the EU, everyone is only protecting their own interests. For us, the EU was always more than its member states taken individually.
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I knew right from the start that those who carried me on their shoulders will hurl stones at me one day. How was I to tell the workers 'now you will all be jobless'? But we had no choice.
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In front of God, everything that is sacred, I declare that there was no manipulation.
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It was in us, in our hearts and minds that something started that changed the face of this earth.
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It takes really a long while for people to learn to take advantage of (democracy). So the legal framework of democracy can function everywhere. But as we say in Poland, it's hard to make a bull move unless it really wants to.
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the message they we're fighting for freedom and human rights.
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The Civic Platform would have had a better chance, because they are more sensible people. I hope I'm wrong.