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I have a vision, and I know I'm right. — Lech Walesa

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

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

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

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

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

I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good. — Lech Walesa

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

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

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? — Lech Walesa

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

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. — Lech Walesa

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

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. — Lech Walesa

I got politics and economics moving and then others took over. — Lech Walesa

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

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

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

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. — Lech Walesa

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

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

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

I have more than 100 honorary Ph.D.s. — Lech Walesa

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

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

Capitalism is in crisis. — Lech Walesa

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

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

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

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

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

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. — Lech Walesa

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

There is something of the warrior in me. — Lech Walesa

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

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

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

I want to light the lights of patriotism. — Lech Walesa

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

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

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

My health is very much improved. — Lech Walesa

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

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

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. — Lech Walesa

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. — Lech Walesa

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

No minority should climb all over the majority. — Lech Walesa

Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet. — Lech Walesa

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

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

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

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

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

I risked my life. — Lech Walesa

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. — Lech Walesa

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

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

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

People are most important. — Lech Walesa

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

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

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

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

I decided to get to know my opponents and their arguments. — Lech Walesa

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

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

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

The people in Poland had to deal with painful reforms. — Lech Walesa

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

I had my own battle tactics. — Lech Walesa

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

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

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely. — Lech Walesa

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

The world needs leaders of vision instead of leaders on television. — Lech Walesa