Vaclav Havel News, Pictures & Buzz

Securing Freedom in the Heart of Europe  US Embassy Rome

A questionable approach to solving the ‘Chinese puzzle’  Asia Times

Nevada State Librarian appointed to Vaclav Havel Library Foundation board  Nevada Appeal

Pompeo: China 'paranoid' about the West  Washington Examiner

Photo exhibit highlights Korea's ties to Czech Republic  Korea JoongAng Daily

Czech Senate president defends Taiwan trip as based on 'values'  Taiwan News

Richard Fidler on crossing the threshold of Prague  The Canberra Times

Russia & Czech Republic: Statue Controversy Leads to Death Threats  National Review

Photos: Looking Back On The 75th Anniversary Of The Hiroshima Atomic Bombing  News18

Beirut explosion: news summary, Wednesday 5 August  AS English

Prague's airport proves to be a popular site for coronavirus tests, but lines can take hours  Expats.cz

Vaclav Havel’s SONA on my mind  Malaya

Feeling Hopeless? Embrace It.  The New York Times

New Havel biopic hits Czech screens  Radio Prague

The New Film About Václav Havel  Prague Morning

‘Havel’: Film Review  Variety

Last Czechoslovak communist leader Milous Jakes dies at 97  The Indian Express

You can sit on Václav Havel's bench in Bratislava  The Slovak Spectator

Prague has one of the world's largest graffiti murals at Václav Havel Airport  Expats.cz

Speech by President-elect von der Leyen in the EP  EU News

pansanyo: The idea of human rights and freedoms must be an integral part of any meaningful world order. (Vaclav Havel) https://t.co/TaZNudIldu

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Václav Havel? George Washington? Someone from ancient times? Or...?

Hi, I'm looking for a translation of the following quotation made by the last president of Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel, in its original Czech form. It is a quote from his essay 'Power of the Powerless': “You do not become a ''dissident'' just because you decide one day to take up this most unusual career. You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances. You are cast out of the existing structures and placed in a position of conflict with them. It begins as an attempt to do your work well, and ends with being branded an enemy of society.” I would like any answers to contain a link to the site you found the translation on, so I know that it hasn't simply been translated with Google Translator. 10 points will be awarded to the first precise translation as soon as I have checked.

"I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions." This is a quote of the last president of Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel. Could anyone find me a copy of the quote in its original Czech form? I'd like a link posted with the translation, because I don't want any Google Translators. Thanks.

He's like Vaclav Havel and Lech Walesa

please help and answer only if you really know thankyou! Who was Vaclav Havel? How different is Havel’s view of politics from the views of mainstream politicians? What broader forces working in modern European society do you believe shaped Havel’s thinking? How can Havel’s view of our common humanity and responsibility to conscience help revitalize Western civilization?