EMM News Explorer: Vaclav Havel

[-wrote]: I do not want any special inscription, any title or position either. Only the name and the dates of birth and death as in the case of the others,

praguemonitor 28-DEC-11

[-wrote]: The crust presented by the life of lies is made of strange stuff. As long as it seals off hermetically the entire society, it appears to be made of stone. But the moment someone breaks through in one place, when one person cries out ‘The emperor is naked!’ - when a single person breaks the rules of the game, thus exposing it as a game-everything suddenly appears in another light and the whole crust seems then to be made of a tissue on the point of tearing and disintegrating uncontrollably.

rian 27-DEC-11

[-told]: But in essence, I wouldn't say we've betrayed or abandoned anything,

ABCnews 23-DEC-11

[-insisted]: Truth and love must triumph over lies and hatred,

cnn 23-DEC-11

[-said]: I organised all the props perfectly, then I decided to reorganise them in another place which I immediately did, then I thought it would be good to reorganise the props for other plays too, then I reorganised the decoration for our four comedies...,

france24 22-DEC-11

[-wrote]: A specter is haunting Eastern Europe: the specter of what in the West is called dissent,

PraguePost 22-DEC-11

[-wrote]: In Burma, the power of educated monks—people who are unarmed and peaceloving by their very nature—has risen up against the military regime,

irrawaddy 22-DEC-11

[-said]: After all, we were not elected to our posts to always appeal to everyone. We were elected in hope that in accordance with our knowledge and our sincere conviction we will do what is in the long-term interest of the human community as a whole, in the interest of freedom, security and dignity of us all and in the interest of our life in peace and prosperity,

praguemonitor 21-DEC-11

[-also repeated]: committing crimes against humanity against its own people.

koreatimes 20-DEC-11

[-wrote]: I consider this my greatest failure,

ceskenoviny 19-DEC-11

[-wrote]: . This spectre has not appeared out of thin air,

setimes 19-DEC-11

[-replied]: I'd have to think about it,

cnn 19-DEC-11

[-said]: I would be glad if it was felt that I have done something generally useful,

irishsun 19-DEC-11

[-said]: I mean the signers of Charter 77, the dissidents,

globalsecurity 19-DEC-11

[-said]: Truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred,

GulfDailyNews 19-DEC-11

[ said]: I wish you all the best and freedom for your country,

rferl 19-DEC-11

[-said]: I will continue to use any opportunity in the future, together with my friends, to draw the international community's attention to the violations of basic civic rights in Belarus,

rferl 19-DEC-11

[-said]: I spent a few years in prison, but perhaps I would be there three times as long if there were not for international solidarity,

reuters 18-DEC-11

[-wrote]: None of us—as an individual—can save the world as a whole, but . . . each of us must behave as though it were in his power to do so,

latimes 18-DEC-11

[-said]: The transformation of the totalitarian system into a democratic one is not only a matter of several parties replacing one ruling party and the introduction of some democratic mechanisms,

latimes 18-DEC-11

[-said]: I feel so sorry for you, Mr. Premier, that I promise I’ll take only one bowl of soup and leave everything else, even if it saves you only a couple of dollars,

montrealgazette 18-DEC-11

[-said]: I spent a few years in prison, but perhaps I would be there three times as long if ... not for international solidarity,

ibtimes 18-DEC-11

[-repeated]: He certainly deserved a Nobel Peace Prize, but in this world not everything is just. He was above all a theoretician who fought with the word and pen.

ibtimes 18-DEC-11

[-said]: a loss of balance, memory loss and weight loss

smh 18-DEC-11

[said:]: We are still incapable of understanding that the only genuine backbone of all our actions, if they are to be moral, is responsibility.

finanznachrichten 18-DEC-11

[-declared]: European integration is no myth... The EU has demonstrated that Bulgaria is important for Europe,

novinite 18-DEC-11

[-stated]: Everything was controlled. Everything was directed. Everything was manipulated. It was in these conditions, very difficult to believe, that the situation could change,

voanews 18-DEC-11

[-was repeated]: but in the world, not everything is just.

news 18-DEC-11

[-said]: a loss of balance, memory loss and weight loss,

dailystar 18-DEC-11

[-believed]: His personal courage throughout that twilight struggle inspired millions around the world, including those of us who worked with him during a historic period of transformation for Europe.

news 18-DEC-11

[-wrote]: The sign helps the greengrocer to conceal from himself the low foundations of his obedience, at the same time concealing the low foundations of power. It hides them behind the facade of something high. And that something is ideology,

cnn 18-DEC-11

[-said]: Add to that,

time 18-DEC-11

[-said]: What is also sleeping under the surface and is invisible is a longing for certain elementary freedoms and that doesn't usually break out just like that, by itself,

cnn 18-DEC-11

[-wrote]: he would not be nearly as indifferent to its semantics, even though the statement would reflect the truth,

cnn 18-DEC-11

[-said]: I feel moved by seeing the book published, since Autostop was the first text of which I was a co-author and which was performed on the stage,

praguemonitor 01-NOV-11

[-wrote]: I am thinking of him as one of a few close people whom I deeply respected and who have left this world recently,

praguemonitor 31-OCT-11

[ said]: I think (the statue) is nice, but I'll only have to examine it when it's quieter,

france24 05-OCT-11

[-said]: I had a complicated lung inflammation with various accompanying problems for a long time. This is fortunately fading away though I - not my doctor - think it takes too long,

praguemonitor 14-SEP-11

[-said]: Yes, this is exactly so: a decorator also founded his party in a Munich pub and not at his workplace. True, someone probably breaches this sometimes and listens to the new party right at Prague Castle, and even at a discord with his own assertion that small parties threaten democracy,

praguemonitor 14-SEP-11

[-said]: I was much surprised at the Public Affairs' opinion that semi-fascist or semi-anti-Semite or other similar opinions should only be pronounced after working hours or at a time of some kind of hours off, but not in the office,

praguemonitor 14-SEP-11

[-wrote]: Since President Viktor Yanukovych’s election in 2010, Ukraine has experienced a significant and alarming deterioration in its democratic framework. Fundamental tenets of a democratic society freedom of expression, assembly and the press are increasingly coming under pressure. Moreover, the prosecution of opposition members, culminating in the arrest and detention of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko during a trial that most of the West has deemed politically driven, seems to confirm that the rule of

kyivpost 01-SEP-11

[-writes]: Worse still, the 2010 extension of Russia’s lease on its naval base at Sevastopol in exchange for cheaper gas is indicative of a growing Moscow-Kiev rapprochement with obvious implications for many EU countries’ energy security,

praguemonitor 01-SEP-11

[-wrote]: As a result, Ukraine is unlikely to be invited to start membership negotiations anytime soon,

kyivpost 31-AUG-11

[-recalled]: The Warsaw Pact ceases to exist from now on

hurriyetdailynews 27-JUN-11

[ said]: I am returning here in a mysterious arch or the film is returning here through me,

ceskenoviny 22-MAR-11

[-said]: Neither was I worried whether it looks more like theatre or film. I did it in the way that I considered correct, how I felt it. Let critics deal with where this should belong. Let them do it,

ceskenoviny 22-MAR-11

[-said]: On the one hand, the filming was as a sort of satisfaction, on the other, I am glad that this is held here because we are in the Lucerna palace built by my grandfather 100 years ago,

ceskenoviny 22-MAR-11

[-said]: A play is something semi-finished, something which an author offers to theatres to do with it what they like,

todayonline 17-MAR-11

[-said]: Leaving

kuwaittimes 16-MAR-11

[-said]: I've felt a desire to express myself in this way. In fact I've always dreamt of being a film director,

kuwaittimes 16-MAR-11

[-said]: I’ve felt a desire to express myself in this way. In fact I’ve always dreamt of being a film director,

arabtimes 16-MAR-11

[added:]: They are different because they are more sophisticated and are motivated by economic interests. It’s a dictatorship in gloves. But it is also necessary to come to terms with this. I would say it’s a typical post-communist phenomenon.

kyivpost 11-MAR-11

[-said]: is in your hands,

kyivpost 11-MAR-11

[added:]: They are different because they are more sophisticated and are motivated by economic interests. It's a dictatorship in gloves. But it is also necessary to come to terms with this. I would say it's a typical post-communist phenomenon.

kyivpost 09-MAR-11

[-said]: I think that the authoritarian elements that we can observe in Russia and in a much worse way in Belarus and now in a certain way in Ukraine are of a different nature than the pure totalitarian system as we remember it,

kyivpost 09-MAR-11

[-told]: It (the intervention) can have various forms. From the aid to local rebels through the blockade of airspace to a targetted attack on the places where Gaddafi is hiding,

praguemonitor 08-MAR-11

[-said]: [The late Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic] was debated about for four years, but the cautious delay was bad, it triggered a huge number of horrors,

praguemonitor 08-MAR-11

[-told]: It (the intervention) can have various forms. From aid to local rebels to the blockade of the airspace to a targeted attack on the places where Gaddafi is hiding,

praguemonitor 08-MAR-11

[-pointed out]: And the whole world was wrong. It turned out that he was an insane criminal,

praguemonitor 08-MAR-11

[-pointed out]: And the whole world was wrong. It turned out that he is an insane criminal,

praguemonitor 08-MAR-11

[-describes]: Be careful. Be careful. What do you know about what's happening under the surface of the society?

cnn 08-MAR-11

[-told]: Especially if it drags on and if Kadhafi keeps boarding himself up and committing further crimes, some action will be necessary,

smh 07-MAR-11

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