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Lech Wałęsa (Polish: [ˈlɛɣ vaˈwɛ̃sa] ( listen); born 29 September 1943) is a retired Polish politician and labour activist. He co-founded and headed Solidarity (Solidarność), 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.

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There is something of the warrior in me.

Warrior

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

Administered, Food, Hungry, People, Steps

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

Away, Communism, Injustice, Saws, War

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

Lawmakers, Organize, Polls, Respected, Should

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.

Awareness, Cause, Goal, Love, Peace, Peaceful

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

Communism, Enemy, Love, People

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.

Convictions, People, Union, Unions, Yield

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

Decision, Decisions, Direction, Made, Reform, Reforms

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.

Effectively, Hatred, Life, Life Lesson, Lying, Recall

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.

Characteristics, Listening, Organization, Organizations, Police

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

Asked, Came, Communism, Said, Television, Tvs

I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.

Believe, I Believe, Nothing, Privacy

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

Important, Instrument, Instruments, Powerless, Service

Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically. The system suppresses individual initiative, and the 21st century is all about individualism and freedom. The development of technology supported these directions.

21St, Communism, Development, Individual, Individualism, Technology

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.

Chosen, Dignity, Effort, Hatred, Rights

Words are plentiful; deeds are precious.

Greatness, Deeds, Plentiful, Words, Precious

I had my own battle tactics.

Battle, My Own, Tactics

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.

Count, Doubt, Militarily, Politically, United States, World

Capitalism is in crisis.

Capitalism, Crisis

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

Heart, Needs, Overjoyed, Time, Transplant

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