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
country opportunity peaceful
My most ardent desire is that my country will recapture its historic opportunity for a peaceful evolution and that Poland will prove to the world that even the most complex situations can be solved by a dialogue and not by force.
eras information internet
Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.
polls lawmakers should
You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.
people reform painful
The people in Poland had to deal with painful reforms.
democracies-have democracy faster
One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.
people steps hungry
Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it.
vision knows
I have a vision, and I know I'm right.
people understanding feelings
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.
sympathy army past
I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force.
taken advice too-much
I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice.
race holocaust wish
I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.
wings trying imagine
I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.
moving politics economics
I got politics and economics moving and then others took over.
battle tactics my-own
I had my own battle tactics.