Best Vaclav Havel Quotes
- If you want to see your plays performed the way you wrote them, become President. Become President
- There is only one Art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its… Art
- Frank Zappa was one of the gods of the Czech underground, I thought of him as a friend. Whenever I feel like escaping from the… Czech
- People, your Government has returned to you! Government
- There can be no doubt that distrust of words is less harmful than unwarranted trust in them. Distrust
- The only lost cause is one we give up on before we enter the struggle. Cause
- We live in the postmodern world, where everything is possible and almost nothing is certain. Almost Nothing
- People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are in power, and… Define
- As in everything else, I must start with myself. That is: in all circumstances try to be decent, just, tolerant, and understanding, and at the… Act
- You may ask what kind of a republic I dream of. Let me reply: I dream of a republic independent, free, and democratic, of a… Any
- I have found that good taste, oddly enough, plays an important role in politics. Why is it like that? The most probable reason is that… Environment
- Technological measures are important, but equally important is... a consciousness of the commonality of all living beings and an emphasis on shared responsibility. All
- Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Autonomous
- I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure that… Badly
- I cannot imagine that I could strive for something if I did not carry hope in me. Cannot Imagine
- If a single writer in a country is in chains, then there are some links of that chain that binds us all. All
- By perceiving ourselves as part of the river, we take responsibility for the river as a whole. Inspirational
- Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it. Follow
- The salvation of the world lies in the human heart. Heart
- I am in favor of [actions] that have authenticity, roots, originality, verve, balance, taste, communicativeness, challenge, relevance to their time-in short, things that make sense. Action
- Ownership is not a vice, not something to be ashamed of, but rather a commitment, and an instrument by which the general good can be… Ashamed
- Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness a more humane society will not emerge. Consciousness
- There is only one art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its… All
- Because the regime is captive to its own lies, it must falsify everything. It falsifies the past. It falsifies the present, and it falsifies the… Apparatus
- My dear fellow citizens: For forty years you have heard from my predecessors on this day different variations of the same theme: how our country… All
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