Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 2014, i roto i tetahi uiui nui, i whakaatuhia e Wałęsa tana pouri ki tetahi atu toa Nobel, te perehitini o Amerika a Barack Obama: i kii ia ki a CNN, "I te wa i pootihia ai ia he tumanako nui i te ao. I tūmanako mātou ka riro i a Obama te mana ārahi ā-iwi mō Amerika, engari kāore i tutuki... i runga i te kaupapa tōrangapū me te tikanga ā-iwi, kāore a Amerika i te ārahi i te ao". I whakapae ano a Wałęsa ki a Obama kaore i tika tana Tohu Nobel mo te Hauora; i te wa o te kaupapa perehitini o te US 2012 i tautoko ia i te hoa whawhai a Obama a Mitt Romney. I te marama o Mahuru 2015, i eke ano a Wałęsa ki nga upoko korero i muri i tana tohatoha i ana whakaaro mo te
raruraru manene i roto i Europe ki te pāpāho, e mea ana, "te mātakitaki i te rerenga i runga i te pouaka whakaata, i kite ahau e... e pai whangai ratou, pai kakahu, me te pea ara he taonga atu i tatou... Ki te whakatuwhera a Europe ona tatau, hohoro miriona ka haere mai i roto i, a i te ora i roto ia tatou ka timata ki te mahi i to ratou iho ritenga, tae atu ki te whakairo".