None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population, or all the ways in which that population can surprise us when there is the right interplay of events.

Quote by Vaclav Havel

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Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political...

Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political...

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that...

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that...

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and...

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and...

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to...

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to...

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand...

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand...

Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or...

Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or...

The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often,...

The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often,...

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without...

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without...

Lying can never save us from another lie.

Lying can never save us from another lie.

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only...

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only...

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who...

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who...

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that...

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that...

The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the...

The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the...

The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity...

The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity...

I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire...

I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire...

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called...

Whatever government is not a government of laws, is a despotism, let it be called...

The government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian...

The government of the United States is not in any sense founded upon the Christian...

Every board member should have the right to stand up and vote the way they...

Every board member should have the right to stand up and vote the way they...