LECH WALESA

My struggle led to the reunification of Germany and the creation of the state of Europe. We destroyed the borders; globalisation is on the horizon.

My health is very much improved.

I made the right decisions, I set everything on the right course, the reforms are going in the right direction.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

I use many different gadgets connected with computers; I use PCs, laptops and a Palm Pilot. I also use the Internet to visit websites, especially within Polish-language Internet. I usually go to political discussion groups and sites - of course, as I use my real name, people never believe that they are chatting with me!

No minority should climb all over the majority.

I got politics and economics moving and then others took over.

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

When I was fighting communism, there was rapid development of satellite television and cell phones, and communism, to survive, would have to block all these information devices.

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.

Life creates new heroes, and new heroes always find it easiest to beat up on the previous heroes.

We need to agree on common values for all religions as soon as possible, a kind of secular Ten Commandments on which we will build the world of tomorrow.

I believe that any violation of privacy is nothing good.

Communists are great capitalists, so there is no threat anymore.

I am happy that Poland is returning to the road of pluralism and democracy.

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

Obviously people want social calm, but if you do not let clever and ingenious people to participate, obviously there must be some dormant volcano that will erupt, sooner or later.

I don't have regrets I didn't spend more time with my family because I've lived my life to the full, and you can't look back in regret.

Communism is a monopolistic system, economically and politically.

What until then seemed impossible to achieve has become a fact of life. We have won the right to association in trade unions independent from the authorities, founded and shaped by the working people themselves.

As a nation we have the right to decide our own affairs, to mould our own future. This does not pose any danger to anybody. Our nation is fully aware of the responsibility for its own fate in the complicated situation of the contemporary world.

The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now.

Communism in Cuba will collapse sooner or later because you can't control the free flow of information. 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.

Capitalism is in crisis.