The system was afraid of Vaclav Havel. And so they either harassed him for put him in jail. — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
I think he [Vaclav Havel] felt that he could speak more truth, in a way, through writing plays. — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
He [Vaclav Havel] did love music. And so much about the Czech revolution was about music. — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
“The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself, but when he plays… — Bob P. Buford Copy Share Image
I think that, from Vaclav Havel own experience, he knew if we all paid attention to what was going on, the chances… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
Vaclav Havel had this great sense of humor. And you kind of felt that he was making a little bit fun of… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
Vaclav Havel didn't want to ride around in big black cars. And he had his own car with a little red heart… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
Vaclav Havel is the figure that represents the Velvet Revolution and the reunification of Europe. He will be sorely missed. — Jerzy Buzek Copy Share Image
Vaclav Havel was the most amazing man in terms of being the combination of somebody with massive moral authority, great courage for… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
I think he [Vaclav Havel] is one of the great figures of the 20th century. He is one of the people that… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
Vaclav Havel had moral stature. The president in first Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic in many ways is a ceremonial role. And… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
I'd always admired the intellectuals who had made the transition into politics - Mario Vargas Llosa in Peru, Vaclav Havel in the… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
I think of myself as living so much outside borders or old categories that I choose as my leaders U2, the Dalai… — Pico Iyer Copy Share Image
A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age ... pretty much constantly dreams of being able… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
I think he [Vaclav Havel] probably would have liked to have written more plays. I think he missed being a playwright.I think… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
“Communism went against life, against man’s fundamental needs, against the need for freedom, the need to be enterprising, to associate freely against… — Gordon G. Chang Copy Share Image
“Some of the political and historical texts that inform the arguments made here are “Politics and the English Language” by George Orwell… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
I knew that Vaclav Havel didn't want to look into people's eyes, because he said that, when he was being interrogated during… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
The answer comes to me through studying the lives of the Rosa Parks and the Vaclav Havels and the Nelson Mandelas and… — Parker J. Palmer Copy Share Image
“The Language of the Third Reich by Victor Klemperer (1947); The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt (1951); The Rebel by Albert… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
Hope is not attached to outcomes but is a state of mind, as Vaclav Havel says, "an orientation of the spirit." And… — Terry Tempest Williams Copy Share Image
“When Americans think of freedom, we usually imagine a contest between a lone individual and a powerful government. We tend to conclude… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov and Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being might suit our moment. Sinclair Lewis’s novel It Can’t… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“Very often the test of one's allegiance to a cause or to a people is precisely the willingness to stay the course… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Vaclav Havel was a really popular leader. He couldn't believe that he was really there. I mean, he still dressed in black… — Judy Woodruff Copy Share Image
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