Lech Walesa Quotes

You should go to the polls, organize yourself. But once lawmakers are chosen, they must be respected.

I think if I got a bicycle from my father, I should give a car to my son.

Capitalism is in crisis.

"It all came from there," Lech Walesa said, pointing to a TV when a reporter asked him why communism fell.

I don't like to look a man in the eye.

I have a vision, and I know I'm right.

One could always do more, faster and cleverer, but democracy has its own rhythm.

The people in Poland had to deal with painful reforms.

Building democracy as an imposition from abroad is a form of imperialism.

Dictators and oppressors should continue to fear me because I will be here for a long time.

[Without Pope John Paul II] there would be no end of Communism or at least much later, and the end would have been bloody.

I hope to work harder than ever to help people around the world.

When he saw injustice, he wanted to do away with it. He saw communism, and he wanted to put an end to it.

There should be a left leg and a right leg. And I'll be in between

If there were fish in the lake, fishing would make no sense.

I allowed myself to be taken in by the intellectuals. I believed too much in the Polish intellectuals and followed their advice.

For now, capitalism is working to produce more money but does not see the people. This problem is getting worse across the world.

This is the moment of your defeat; you have just put in the last nails in the coffin of communism.

President Lech Kaczynski is not at all active in Poland and his image abroad leaves a lot to be desired.

I believed it would succeed. It was Polish Solidarity and its victory that put an end to the old era when what mattered were borders and rival blocs.

I can't imagine the right wing trying to unite without my participation.

My health is very much improved.

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.

We were hoping Obama would reclaim moral leadership for America. That failed.

I'm a man of faith. I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.