Today's world, as we all know, is faced with multiple threats. From whichever angle I look at this menace, I always come to the conclusion that salva… - Václav Havel

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Today's world, as we all know, is faced with multiple threats. From whichever angle I look at this menace, I always come to the conclusion that salvation can only come through a profound awakening of man to his own personal responsibility, which is at the same time a global responsibility. Thus, the only way to save our world, as I see it, lies in a democracy that recalls its ancient Greek roots: democracy based on an integral human personality personally answering for the fate of the community.

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About Václav Havel

Václav Havel (5 October 1936 – 18 December 2011) was a Czech writer and dramatist famous for his work in the Theatre of the Absurd, who became a politician and served as the last President of Czechoslovakia, and the first President of the Czech Republic.

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Alternative Names: Vaclav Havel
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I regimi totalitari non sono semplicemente dei vicini pericolosi e, ancor meno, una sorta di avanguardia del progresso del mondo. Ahimè, sono l’esatto contrario: l’avanguardia di una crisi globale di questa civiltà, prima europea, poi euroamericana e, in ultima istanza, globale.

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