Category: Havel Quotes

Summer Meditations

In the summer of 1991, Havel wrote a series of thoughts about his conceptions of democratic politics and his hopes

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Letters to Olga

In October, 1979, Havel and five other Czech dissidents were given prison terms varying from two to five years for

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Letter to Dr. Husak

In 1975, when the repression of the Prague Spring – called “normalization” – was more or less complete, Havel wrote

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Disturbing the Peace

Between 1985 and 1986, Havel conducted a series of interviews with the Czech journalist Karel Hvížd’ala, who was living in

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