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.

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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...

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.

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.

This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions -...

This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions -...

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...

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...

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....

My country is in the grips of a major economic crisis. This is causing dramatic...

My country is in the grips of a major economic crisis. This is causing dramatic...

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 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.

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of...

Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of...

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...

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 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,...

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

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

I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the...

I most sincerely wish that the world in which we live be free from the...