"Those that say that individuals are not capable……" — Vaclav Havel
"Those that say that individuals are not capable of changing anything are only looking for excuses."
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124 Quotes by Vaclav Havel
Vaclav Havel has 124 quotes on this site.
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The cliché organizes life; it expropriates people's identity; it becomes ruler, defense lawyer, judge, and the law.
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Twenty or thirty years ago, in the army, we had a lot of obscure adventures, and years later we tell…
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Human rights, human freedoms, and human dignity have their deepest roots somewhere outside the perceptible world. These values are as…
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It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.
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Either we have hope within us or we don't It is a dimension of the soul, and is not essentially…
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Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.
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When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete.
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I am convinced that we will never build a democratic state based on rule of law if we do not…
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The law is only one of several imperfect and more or less external ways of defending what is better in…
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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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We fell morally ill because we became used to saying something different from what we thought.
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It was never the people who complained of the universality of human rights, nor did the people consider human rights…
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More Capable Quotes
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Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was when I was not one.
— Margaret Atwood
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The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in…
— Charles Babbage
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My message to women is: Women: We can do it. We are capable of doing almost anything, but we must…
— Michelle Bachelet
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It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited…
— Douglas Adams
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Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
— Douglas Adams
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In itself, homosexuality is as limiting as heterosexuality: the ideal should be to be capable of loving a woman or…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.
— Joseph Addison
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If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has…
— Joseph Addison
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Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.
— Aphra Behn
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If a Pope clearly realizes that he is no longer physically, psychologically, and spiritually capable of handling the duties of…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being…
— Tony Blair
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People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in…
— David Bohm
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