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Václav Havel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Václav Havel, GCB, CC ... (born October 5, 1936 in Prague) is a Czech writer and dramatist. He was the last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic. ..." |
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35 Heroes of Freedom: Celebrating the people who have made the world groovier and groovier since 1968, Reason, Dec 2003
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"Havel demonstrated definitively that the simple act of speaking truth to totalitarians, while being willing to suffer the consequences, is more potent than a thousand tanks. He ... helped engineer the most magical of the Communist-toppling revolutions, and then remained an influential moral voice long after his regional counterparts faded away." |
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