"I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction."
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Lech Walesa quotes (page 3 of 5)
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"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."
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"The politicians always told us that the Cold War stand-off could only change by way of nuclear war. None of them believed that such systemic change was possible."
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"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."
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"I want to light the lights of patriotism."
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"I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence."
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"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."
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"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."
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"I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good."
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"I had my own battle tactics."
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"Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet."
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"Irrespective of todays judgment and the price we had to pay in this generation, we were able to close an epoch of divisions, different blocs and borders, opening the way for an era of globalization."
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"I got politics and economics moving and then others took over."
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"When I was fighting communism, there was rapid development of satellite television and cell phones, and communism, to survive, would have to block all these information devices."
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"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."
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"My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes of the war in which my nation never bowed to the enemy paying the highest price in the struggle."
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"I use many different gadgets connected with computers; I use PCs, laptops and a Palm Pilot. I also use the Internet to visit websites, especially within Polish-language Internet. I usually go to political discussion groups and sites - of course, as I use my real name, people never believe that they are chatting with me!"
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"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 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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"In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary."
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