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

Lech Walesa · History

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Lech Walesa

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

Change

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.

Strength

Lech Walesa

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.

Sympathy

Lech Walesa

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

Freedom