"Because the regime is captive to its own……" — Vaclav Havel
"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 future. It falsifies statistics. It pretends not to possess an omnipotent and unprincipled police apparatus. It pretends to respect human rights. It pretends to prosecute no one. It pretends to fear nothing. It pretends to pretend nothing."
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124 Quotes by Vaclav Havel
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When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete.
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Truth is not merely what we are thinking, but also why, to whom and under what circumstances we say it.
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