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I belong to a nation which over the past centuries has experienced

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

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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

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The politicians always told us that the Cold War stand-off could only change by way of nuclear war. None of them believed that such systemic change was possible. – Lech Walesa

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Those we love and lose are always connected by heartstrings into infinity. – Terri Guillemets

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Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well. – Henry Cabot Lodge

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