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
tvs television communism
"It all came from there," Lech Walesa said, pointing to a TV when a reporter asked him why communism fell.
loss fighting independence
The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence, and fighting for its own freedom, fought at the same time for the freedom of other nations.
faith riches use
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?
believe i-believe privacy
I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
life-lesson lying hatred
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.
block fighting phones
When I was fighting communism, there was rapid development of satellite television and cell phones, and communism, to survive, would have to block all these information devices.
war saws injustice
When he saw injustice, he wanted to do away with it. He saw communism, and he wanted to put an end to it.
doubt world today
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.
real believe names
I use many different gadgets connected with computers; I use PCs, laptops and a Palm Pilot. I also use the Internet to visit websites, especially within Polish-language Internet. I usually go to political discussion groups and sites - of course, as I use my real name, people never believe that they are chatting with me!
needs world communism
Without a single shot we've managed to liberate the world of communism but now there is a need for a global solidarity.
victory rivals eras
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.
people enemy communism
I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
president poland active
President Lech Kaczynski is not at all active in Poland and his image abroad leaves a lot to be desired.
country war struggle
My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes of the war in which my nation never bowed to the enemy paying the highest price in the struggle.