"We must be courageous but also reasonable. The world admires us for walking a tightrope without falling off. It asks us to keep our balance."
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"He who once became aware of the power of Solidarity and who breathed the air of freedom will not be crushed."
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"I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling."
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"I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people."
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"We need a global parliament, a global government and possibly a global ministry for security."
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"The United States is only one superpower. Today they lead the world. Nobody has doubts about it. Militarily. They also lead economically but they're getting weak. But they don't lead morally and politically anymore. The world has no leadership. The United States was always the last resort and hope for all other nations. There was the hope, whenever something was going wrong, one could count on the United States. Today, we lost that hope."
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"The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order."
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"Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically."
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"You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?"
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"Power is only important as an instrument for service to the powerless."
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"There is something of the warrior in me."
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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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"Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness."
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"The defense of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen."
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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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"Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out."
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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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"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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"Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore."
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"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."
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