One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm. Lech Walesa More Quotes by Lech Walesa More Quotes From Lech Walesa I must tell you that the supply of words on the world market is plentiful, but the demand is falling. Lech Walesa falling-in-love historical world 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. Lech Walesa wisdom fun fall We need a global parliament, a global government and possibly a global ministry for security. Lech Walesa ministry government needs I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy. Lech Walesa pluralism pluralism-is democracy Freedom must be gained step by step, slowly. Freedom is a food which must be carefully administered when people are too hungry for it. Lech Walesa hungry steps people Our firm conviction that ours is a just cause and that we must find a peaceful way to attain our goals gave us the strength and the awareness of the limits beyond which we must not go. Lech Walesa goal love peace Communism prevents organizations from developing by stopping the flow of information. The system is based on police and listening devices and triggers the worst characteristics in humans. Lech Walesa police organization listening Without a single shot we've managed to liberate the world of communism but now there is a need for a global solidarity. Lech Walesa communism world needs I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced many hardships and reverses. The world reacted with silence or with mere sympathy when Polish frontiers were crossed by invading armies and the sovereign state had to succumb to brutal force. Lech Walesa army sympathy past My most ardent desire is that my country will recapture its historic opportunity for a peaceful evolution and that Poland will prove to the world that even the most complex situations can be solved by a dialogue and not by force. Lech Walesa peaceful opportunity country There is something of the warrior in me. Lech Walesa warrior This conviction brought me, in the summer of 1978, to the Free Trade Unions - formed by a group of courageous and dedicated people who came out in the defense of the workers' rights and dignity. Lech Walesa rights summer people Power is only important as an instrument for service to the powerless. Lech Walesa powerless instruments important Lying at the root of the social agreements of 1980 are the courage, sense of responsibility, and the solidarity of the working people. Both sides have then recognized that an accord must be reached if bloodshed is to be prevented. Lech Walesa responsibility courage lying 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? Lech Walesa riches use faith It is not difficult to censor foreign news. What is difficult today is to censor one's own thoughts, To sit by and see the blind man On the sightless horse, riding into the bottomless abyss. Lech Walesa horse today men Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore. Lech Walesa communist capitalist threat Irrespective of todays judgment and the price we had to pay in this generation, we were able to close an epoch of divisions, different blocs and borders, opening the way for an era of globalization. Lech Walesa division able pay In myself I am nothing. It all comes from God and the Virgin Mary. Lech Walesa virgin-mary mary virgins Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically. Lech Walesa communism
