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

Quote by Lech Walesa

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My most ardent desire is that my country will recapture its historic opportunity for a...

My most ardent desire is that my country will recapture its historic opportunity for a...

Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a...

Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a...

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

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

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

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

The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment...

The hope of the nation which throughout the nineteenth century had not for a moment...

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness...

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness...

The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and...

The sole and basic source of our strength is the solidarity of workers, peasants and...

The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling....

The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling....

I realize that the strivings of the Polish people gave rise, and still do so,...

I realize that the strivings of the Polish people gave rise, and still do so,...

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

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

What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have...

What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have...

I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because...

I'm lazy. But it's the lazy people who invented the wheel and the bicycle because...

My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes...

My youth passed at the time of the country's reconstruction from the ruins and ashes...

You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction....

You have riches and freedom here but I feel no sense of faith or direction....

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

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

The defense of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let...

The defense of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let...

When I recall my own path of life I cannot but speak of the violence,...

When I recall my own path of life I cannot but speak of the violence,...

I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and...

I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and...

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

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

Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak...

Let the veil of silence fall presently over what happened afterwards. Silence, too, can speak...