WORDS FROM A GREAT MIND

Lech Wałęsa Quotes

Polish president & Solidarity leader

Born: 1943
Died
Lived in: Gdańsk & Warsaw, Poland

Lech Wałęsa helped lead Poland’s Solidarity movement and later became president. His public career connected workers’ rights with the wider struggle for civil freedoms and a negotiated transition away from communist rule.

A LESSER-KNOWN DETAIL

Before his political rise, he worked as an electrician at the Gdańsk shipyard.

Words by Lech Wałęsa

“My road to freedom is the road of peace.”

Message to the World Conference on Human Rights, 14 June 1993

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“Human rights cannot be an empty word, a promise without delivery.”

Message to the World Conference on Human Rights, 14 June 1993

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“Today Poland is free.”

Message to the World Conference on Human Rights, 14 June 1993 · On Poland after communist rule

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