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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My character and personality is today and tomorrow; I do not work well remembering further back.
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Up to the 20th century, we can say that this whole period was an Earth epoch, 'Earth' meaning the riches of the earth, simple physical work. That is why there were wars, the movement of frontiers, war over riches.
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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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What is the role of the world's only super power? What is the role of the United Nations?,
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I used to lead 10 million people, so what use to me is just 1,000? From a logical point of view, there is no room for me here.
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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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Every drop of blood causes suffering for the Holy Father,
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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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John Paul II is the most important person in my life, ... I owe him a lot, and I wanted to thank him.
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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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Well, I was thinking there's a job for me as an electrician.