Václav Havel on President
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“If you want to see your plays performed the way you wrote them, become President.”
“My dear friends, I bid you farewell as your President. I remain with you as your fellow citizen!”
“There used to be a time when this country's president could have delivered the same New Year's Address he had given a year before, and nobody would have noticed. Fortunately, that time has passed.”
“Let us not be mistaken: the best government in the world, the best parliament and the best president, cannot achieve much on their own. And it would be wrong to expect a general remedy from them alone. Freedom and democracy include participation and therefore responsibility from us all.”