Václav Havel

Czech · 1936–2011

Czech playwright, dissident, and statesman who led the Velvet Revolution and became the first president of the Czech Republic.

“Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”
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“The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself, but when he plays the role destiny has for him.”
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“Truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred.”
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“The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart.”
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