Lech Walesa — "The most important thing is to be honest with yourself."
The most important thing is to be honest with yourself.
The most important thing is to be honest with yourself.
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"I will not bring the army or the police on to the streets. I will not shoot at Poles, even if only because I have the Nobel Peace Prize."
"I am the best president Poland ever had, and no one can deny that."
"We need more solidarity in the world."
"There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to choose them."
"We must never give up hope."
Polish electrician who founded Solidarity in 1980, won the 1983 Nobel Peace Prize, and became the first post-communist president of Poland (1990-1995). Closely associated with Václav Havel (fellow Eastern-bloc dissident-turned-president) and Pope John Paul II (the Polish pope whose 1979 visit catalyzed Solidarity). For an intellectual contrast, see Wojciech Jaruzelski, Polish general and Communist leader — Jaruzelski imposed martial law in 1981, banned Solidarity, and interned Wałęsa. He represented the Soviet-backed institutional power Solidarity's nonviolent labor movement was organized to displace — they ultimately signed the 1989 Round Table Talks together that ended Polish communism.
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