Quotes by Havel, Vaclav

If every day a man takes orders in silence from an incompetent superio >>

As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest mea >>

The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions betwe >>

Quotations about Law and Lawyers

Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and or >>

In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a d >>

Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when t >>

The law is only one of several imperfect and more or less external ways of defending what is better in life against what is worse. By itself, the law can never create anything better. Establishing respect for the law does not automatically ensure a better life for that, after all, is a job for people and not for laws and institutions.

Havel, Vaclav