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. – Lech Walesa
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. – Lech Walesa
This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions – formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who came out in the defense of the workers’ rights and dignity. – Lech Walesa
I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction. – Lech Walesa
We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions. – Lech Walesa
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? – Lech Walesa
The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and the intelligentsia, the solidarity of the nation, the solidarity of people who seek to live in dignity, truth, and in harmony with their conscience. – Lech Walesa
I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society. – Lech Walesa
Obviously people want social calm, but if you do not let clever and ingenious people to participate, obviously there must be some dormant volcano that will erupt, sooner or later. – Lech Walesa
The politicians always told us that the Cold War stand-off could only change by way of nuclear war. None of them believed that such systemic change was possible. – Lech Walesa
Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out. – Lech Walesa