Lech Walesa

I had my own battle tactics.

— Lech Walesa

I am no politician.

— Lech Walesa

I risked my life.

— Lech Walesa

Deep faith eliminates fear

— Lech Walesa

People are most important.

— Lech Walesa

Capitalism is in crisis.

— Lech Walesa

I'm a fatalist.

— Lech Walesa

Now is the era of intellect, information and the Internet.

— Lech Walesa

No minority should climb all over the majority.

— Lech Walesa

I cannot stand for more than half an hour in one place.

— Lech Walesa

Words are plentiful; deeds are precious.

— Lech Walesa

I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.

— Lech Walesa

There is something of the warrior in me.

— Lech Walesa

I want to light the lights of patriotism.

— Lech Walesa

My health is very much improved.

— Lech Walesa

The fall of the Berlin Wall makes for nice pictures. But it all started in the shipyards.

— Lech Walesa

One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.

— Lech Walesa

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

— Lech Walesa

There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between

— Lech Walesa

Power is only important as an instrument for service to the powerless.

— Lech Walesa

Freedom may be the soul of humanity, but often you have to struggle to prove it.

— Lech Walesa

I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction.

— Lech Walesa

Everyone wants a voice in human freedom. There's a fire burning inside all of us.

— Lech Walesa

Obviously people want social calm, but if you do not let clever and ingenious people to participate, obviously there must be some…

— Lech Walesa

This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and…

— Lech Walesa

Up to the 20th century, we can say that this whole period was an Earth epoch, 'Earth' meaning the riches of the…

— Lech Walesa

[Without Pope John Paul II] there would be no end of Communism or at least much later, and the end would have…

— Lech Walesa

When I was fighting communism, there was rapid development of satellite television and cell phones, and communism, to survive, would have to…

— Lech Walesa

Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically. The system suppresses individual initiative, and the 21st century is all about individualism and…

— Lech Walesa

We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to…

— Lech Walesa

If once again Germany destabilizes Europe, then Germany will be not be divided again, but wiped off the map. East and West…

— Lech Walesa

I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or…

— Lech Walesa

I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire…

— Lech Walesa

I use many different gadgets connected with computers; I use PCs, laptops and a Palm Pilot. I also use the Internet to…

— Lech Walesa

Communism in Cuba will collapse sooner or later because you can't control the free flow of information. Communism prevents organizations from developing…

— Lech Walesa

My country is in the grips of a major economic crisis. This is causing dramatic consequences for the very existence of Polish…

— Lech Walesa

The United States is only one superpower. Today they lead the world. Nobody has doubts about it. Militarily. They also lead economically…

— Lech Walesa

As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any…

— Lech Walesa

Democracy is made up of three elements. One is whether the laws support pluralistic principles. The second is whether the people take…

— Lech Walesa

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

— Lech Walesa