“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
Author: Lech Walesa
Category: freedom
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The sole and basic source of our
“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
Author: Lech Walesa
Category: truth
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The sole and basic source of our
“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
Author: Lech Walesa
Category: strength
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I belong to the generation of workers
“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
Author: Lech Walesa
Category: society
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Our firm conviction that ours is a
“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
Author: Lech Walesa
Category: strength
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I most sincerely wish that the world
“I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.”
— Lech Walesa
Author: Lech Walesa
Category: peace
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I most sincerely wish that the world
“I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the threat of a nuclear holocaust and from the ruinous arms race. It is my cherished desire that peace be not separated from freedom which is the right of every nation. This I desire and for this I pray.”
— Lech Walesa
Author: Lech Walesa
Category: freedom
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Our national history has so often filled
“Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.”
— Lech Walesa
Author: Lech Walesa
Category: history
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I belong to a nation which over
“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
Author: Lech Walesa
Category: sympathy
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I belong to the generation of workers
“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
Author: Lech Walesa
Category: education
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The hope of the nation which throughout
“The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment reconciled itself with the loss of independence, and fighting for its own freedom, fought at the same time for the freedom of other nations.”
— Lech Walesa
Author: Lech Walesa
Category: hope
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