Neither power nor weaponry were available to us. However, we were united, and that was sufficient,” stated Lech Wałęsa, the former president of Poland and 1983 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. He spoke to the crowd at the Global Justice, Love, and Peace Summit, which ended on Sunday with the publication of A Love Letter to Humanity.
Previously employed as an electrician at the Gdańsk Shipyard, Wałęsa was instrumental in spearheading a nonviolent revolution that fundamentally altered the trajectory of European history. Speaking to a worldwide audience, he emphasized that familiar people banding together for a same goal is what brings about significant change rather than power or force.
He attended the two-day summit at the Dubai Exhibition Centre in Expo City, which twelve Nobel Peace Prize recipients attended. Freedom fighters, climate scientists, human rights activists, and young leaders worldwide spoke at the event, united in their shared goal for a better future.
I wasn’t a public servant, Wałęsa said. I was just a worker.” We made an unsuccessful attempt to combat unfairness in the 1950s, and in the 1960s and 1970s, we made another unsuccessful attempt. We faced an enormous obstacle, but we worked it out in the end. Solidarity was the solution. We united and remained silent about the structure we were constructing until it was too strong to be destroyed. You can change your country if you believe in justice and work together with love in your heart,” he said firmly, addressing the younger generation. Perhaps even alter the course of history.
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