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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It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
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We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
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I knew right from the start that those who carried me on their shoulders will hurl stones at me one day. How was I to tell the workers 'now you will all be jobless'? But we had no choice.
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The Civic Platform would have had a better chance, because they are more sensible people. I hope I'm wrong.
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In front of God, everything that is sacred, I declare that there was no manipulation.
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My health is very much improved.
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It is not difficult to censor foreign news. What is difficult today is to censor one's own thoughts, To sit by and see the blind man On the sightless horse, riding into the bottomless abyss.