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Václav Havel quotes

1936–2011 · Czech playwright and president

A dissident playwright jailed by the communist regime, Havel became president of Czechoslovakia after the 1989 Velvet Revolution, and later of the Czech Republic.

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2 quotes traced to Václav Havel's own work or a reliable witness.

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Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

Source: Disturbing the Peace (1986)

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Truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred.

Source: His motto during the Velvet Revolution (1989)