Lech Walesa Quotes

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
Lech Walesa

Bitterness, Possible, Mood

I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because they didn't like walking or carrying things.
Lech Walesa

Lazy, Walking, Bicycle

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
Lech Walesa

Change, Positive, Human

I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.
Lech Walesa

Good, Nothing, Privacy

As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any danger to anybody. Our nation is fully aware of the responsibility for its own fate in the complicated situation of the contemporary world.
Lech Walesa

Future, Nation, Situation

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.
Lech Walesa

Authority, Respected, Chosen

Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave us the strength and the awareness of the limits beyond which we must not go.
Lech Walesa

Strength, Find, Goals

Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.
Lech Walesa

History, Feeling, Bitterness

The defense of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.
Lech Walesa

Feeling, Hatred, Road

Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.
Lech Walesa

Time, Fear, Long

He who puts out his hand to stop the wheel of history will have his fingers crushed.
Lech Walesa

History, Stop, Hand

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.
Lech Walesa

Sympathy, Past, Silence

I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.
Lech Walesa

Love, Enemy, Communism

I will talk and act, not on my knees, but with prudence.
Lech Walesa

Talk, Act, Prudence

Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
Lech Walesa

Silence, Speak, Fall

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
Lech Walesa

Freedom, High, Hold

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

Violence, Union, Shall

Capitalism is in crisis.
Lech Walesa

Crisis, Capitalism

Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically.
Lech Walesa

System, Communism

Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.
Lech Walesa

Great, Anymore, Threat

Democracy is made up of three elements. One is whether the laws support pluralistic principles. The second is whether the people take advantage of these laws. The third element is whether the peoples' wallets are thick enough to benefit from this democracy.
Lech Walesa

Democracy, Made, Enough

For now, capitalism is working to produce more money but does not see the people. This problem is getting worse across the world.
Lech Walesa

Money, Working, Problem

Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it.
Lech Walesa

Freedom, Food, Step

I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice.
Lech Walesa

Advice, Taken, Followed

I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.
Lech Walesa

Happy, Democracy, Road

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Biography

Nationality: Polish

Type: Politician

Born: September 29, 1943

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