Quote by Lech Walesa
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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I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society. – Lech Walesa

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Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness. – Lech Walesa

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