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.

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.

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

He who once became aware of the power of Solidarity and who breathed the air of freedom will not be crushed.

I have always been and will be an enemy of communism, but I love all people.

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

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