Quotes by Havel, Vaclav

The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. H >>

People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well tha >>

A human action becomes genuinely important when it springs from the so >>

Quotations about Totalitarianism

Without general elections, without unrestricted freedom of press and a >>

Man is more disposed to domination than freedom; and a structure of do >>

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalit >>

People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are in power, and how these parties define and label themselves, is of far less importance than the question of whether or not it is possible to live like a human being.

Havel, Vaclav