Lech Walesa

I'm a man of faith. I only fear God, and my wife - sometimes.

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

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

I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.

Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide.