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We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
Righteous is the one who was able to demonstrate compassion in face of human suffering.
The fall of the Berlin Wall makes for nice pictures. But it all started in the shipyards.
Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.
Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness.
We need a global parliament, a global government and possibly a global ministry for security.
I represent the concept that pluralism is essential, union pluralism. I made an oath about this.
My character and personality is today and tomorrow; I do not work well remembering further back.
Life creates new heroes, and new heroes always find it easiest to beat up on the previous heroes.
Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak out.
This is the moment of your defeat; you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism.
Technology should be an important ingredient. It may be and should be a tool for social development.
I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling.
You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
People always ask me, 'Lech, aren't you afraid of being killed?' And as an answer I shrug my shoulders.
President Lech Kaczynski is not at all active in Poland and his image abroad leaves a lot to be desired.
When he saw injustice, he wanted to do away with it. He saw communism, and he wanted to put an end to it.
"It all came from there," Lech Walesa said, pointing to a TV when a reporter asked him why communism fell.
We have travelled so far in our technical advancements that we are no longer located in our own countries.
The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now.
He who once became aware of the power of Solidarity and who breathed the air of freedom will not be crushed.
I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction.
The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
We're in a place where no words can tell the truth about what happened... But they have to. This was hell on earth.
Without a single shot we've managed to liberate the world of communism but now there is a need for a global solidarity.
[Without Pope John Paul II] there would be no end of Communism or at least much later, and the end would have been bloody.
The improvement of relations with German is positive, but this does not mean that we no longer have very important problems.
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.
I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice.
For now, capitalism is working to produce more money but does not see the people. This problem is getting worse across the world.
To be in the EU, it means to have same rules of... for economy, for social life, to be together in the majority of European countries.
Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it.
I don't have regrets I didn't spend more time with my family because I've lived my life to the full, and you can't look back in regret.
We must be courageous but also reasonable. The world admires us for walking a tightrope without falling off. It asks us to keep our balance.
I realize that the strivings of the Polish people gave rise, and still do so, to the feelings of understanding and solidarity all over the world.
My struggle led to the reunification of Germany and the creation of the state of Europe. We destroyed the borders; globalisation is on the horizon.
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.
I believed it would succeed. It was Polish Solidarity and its victory that put an end to the old era when what mattered were borders and rival blocs.
You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction. You have so many computers, why don't you use them in the search for love?
In the wake of winning the war, Poland wants to help win peace with Iraq. I believe that the international community cannot leave Iraq without support.
Every man is responsible only for his own acts. The sons do not inherit the sins of the fathers. But can we say: that was long ago, they were different?
We need to agree on common values for all religions as soon as possible, a kind of secular Ten Commandments on which we will build the world of tomorrow.
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.
The politicians always told us that the Cold War stand-off could only change by way of nuclear war. None of them believed that such systemic change was possible.
So I think that I can say, as the President of Poland, we're proud that I am coming from Poland, which is different and what's more important, much better than before.
And still the time, especially in the economy, is very tough, very difficult. It's necessary to be active still, to work, to fight, to make our economy more competitive.
In many parts of the world the people are searching for a solution which would link the two basic values: peace and justice. The two are like bread and salt for mankind.
So I think that is from the European perspective, for the European future, this engagement can be one of the most important and effective decisions in the last 50 years maybe.
And we want to develop our strategy to partnership and friendship with the United States, which is connected with a very rich history but what is very important for our future.