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.

Quote by Lech Walesa

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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.

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 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....

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...

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,...

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...

As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our...

As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our...

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 -...

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...

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I se it,...

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I se it,...

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...

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...

We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We...

We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We...

I got politics and economics moving and then others took over.

I got politics and economics moving and then others took over.

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.

I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful,...

I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful,...

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,...

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...

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...

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...