Lech Walesa

The people in Poland had to deal with painful reforms.

— Lech Walesa

I don't like to look a man in the eye.

— Lech Walesa

I have more than 100 honorary Ph.D.s.

— Lech Walesa

I have a vision, and I know I'm right.

— Lech Walesa

I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.

— Lech Walesa

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

— Lech Walesa

I decided to get to know my opponents and their arguments.

— Lech Walesa

This is the moment of your defeat; you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism.

— Lech Walesa

The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now.

— Lech Walesa

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

— Lech Walesa

We were hoping Obama would reclaim moral leadership for America. That failed.

— Lech Walesa

If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.

— Lech Walesa

People always ask me, 'Lech, aren't you afraid of being killed?' And as an answer I shrug my shoulders.

— Lech Walesa

"It all came from there," Lech Walesa said, pointing to a TV when a reporter asked him why communism fell.

— Lech Walesa

The program of our movement stems from the fundamental moral laws and order.

— Lech Walesa

It is not difficult to censor foreign news. What is difficult today is to censor one's own thoughts, To sit by and…

— Lech Walesa

Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave…

— 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…

— Lech Walesa

My struggle led to the reunification of Germany and the creation of the state of Europe. We destroyed the borders; globalisation is…

— Lech Walesa

After the war, Germany fully confessed to all its dirty tricks. It's necessary to is draw a line under the past, even…

— Lech Walesa

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

— Lech Walesa

The defense of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling…

— Lech Walesa

We must be courageous but also reasonable. The world admires us for walking a tightrope without falling off. It asks us to…

— Lech Walesa

I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from…

— Lech Walesa

I hope to work harder than ever to help people around the world.

— Lech Walesa

I represent the concept that pluralism is essential, union pluralism. I made an oath about this.

— Lech Walesa

I'm a man of faith. I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.

— Lech Walesa

I think if I got a bicycle from my father, I should give a car to my son.

— Lech Walesa

I got politics and economics moving and then others took over.

— Lech Walesa

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

— Lech Walesa

Technology helped end communism by bringing in information from the outside.

— Lech Walesa

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

— Lech Walesa

He who once became aware of the power of Solidarity and who breathed the air of freedom will not be crushed.

— Lech Walesa

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

— Lech Walesa

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

— Lech Walesa

Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically.

— Lech Walesa

Poles finished communism, and Great Britain profited significantly from this.

— Lech Walesa

President Lech Kaczynski is not at all active in Poland and his image abroad leaves a lot to be desired.

— Lech Walesa

My character and personality is today and tomorrow; I do not work well remembering further back.

— Lech Walesa

I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling.

— Lech Walesa