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I have a vision, and I know I'm right.

Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it.

I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling.

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

I am overjoyed that I do not need a heart transplant at this time.

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

I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.

We were hoping Obama would reclaim moral leadership for America. That failed.

My character and personality is today and tomorrow; I do not work well remembering further back.

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?

Building democracy as an imposition from abroad is a form of imperialism.

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.

I'm a man of faith. I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.

I don't have regrets I didn't spend more time with my family because I've lived my life to the full, and you can't look back in regret.

I got politics and economics moving and then others took over.

Freedom may be the soul of humanity, but often you have to struggle to prove it.

Power is only important as an instrument for service to the powerless.

I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.

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.

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

Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.

Technology helped end communism by bringing in information from the outside.

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

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

Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.

Capitalism is in crisis.

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

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

I think if I got a bicycle from my father, I should give a car to my son.

[Without Pope John Paul II] there would be no end of Communism or at least much later, and the end would have been bloody.

People always ask me, 'Lech, aren't you afraid of being killed?' And as an answer I shrug my shoulders.

I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.

The fall of the Berlin Wall makes for nice pictures. But it all started in the shipyards.

There is something of the warrior in me.

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

Poles finished communism, and Great Britain profited significantly from this.

In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary.

I want to light the lights of patriotism.

I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.

When he saw injustice, he wanted to do away with it. He saw communism, and he wanted to put an end to it.

Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.

My health is very much improved.

We have travelled so far in our technical advancements that we are no longer located in our own countries.

"It all came from there," Lech Walesa said, pointing to a TV when a reporter asked him why communism fell.

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.

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.

The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now.

No minority should climb all over the majority.

Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.

I hope to work harder than ever to help people around the world.

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

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.

For now, capitalism is working to produce more money but does not see the people. This problem is getting worse across the world.

There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between

I risked my life.

My struggle led to the reunification of Germany and the creation of the state of Europe. We destroyed the borders; globalisation is on the horizon.

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

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

I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.

People are most important.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.

I don't like to look a man in the eye.

Everyone wants a voice in human freedom. There's a fire burning inside all of us.

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

He who once became aware of the power of Solidarity and who breathed the air of freedom will not be crushed.

If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.

We need a global parliament, a global government and possibly a global ministry for security.

The people in Poland had to deal with painful reforms.

Life creates new heroes, and new heroes always find it easiest to beat up on the previous heroes.

I had my own battle tactics.

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

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

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

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

The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television.