Lech Walesa
Lech Walesa
Lech Wałęsa; born 29 September 1943) is a retired Polish politician and labor activist. He co-founded and headed Solidarity, 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...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionWorld Leader
Date of Birth29 September 1943
CityPopowo, Poland
CountryPoland
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The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I se it, is service to a fellow human being.
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At that time, I tried to control enthusiasm and streamline it in the right direction. Today I only try to share my experience, pass it on and do something good for the world.
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Here the (Soviet) bear got his teeth knocked out. He could no longer bite other nations trying to break away to freedom.
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freedom came, but it is still hard to get bread.
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From these broadcasting stations we gleaned our lessons of independent thinking and solidarity action.
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Why did we do all of it? To launch a new epoch, one without divisions. Without one shot, our generation was able to do it.
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Finally we have an independent union under our own administration. We now have the right to strike and we are going to demand more rights soon.
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It takes really a long while for people to learn to take advantage of (democracy). So the legal framework of democracy can function everywhere. But as we say in Poland, it's hard to make a bull move unless it really wants to.
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