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Quotes from The Onassis Prize For Man and Mankind — Václav Havel

1936–2011 Czech Republic

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It also happens, rather often, that politicians do not actually talk to each other but only to one another's shadows as they appear in the media.

The Onassis Prize For Man and Mankind (1993)

An ordinary human being, with a personal conscience, personally answering for something to somebody and personally and directly taking responsibility, seems to be receding farther and farther from the realm of politics.

The Onassis Prize For Man and Mankind (1993)

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