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Quote by Vaclav Havel
I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking

I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions. – Vaclav Havel

Other quotes by Vaclav Havel

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace. – Vaclav Havel

Category:
Peace
Author
Vaclav Havel
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Whats certain is that a totalitarian enclave like Cubas cant continue to exist, so change will definitely come there, eventually. – Vaclav Havel

Category:
Change
Author
Vaclav Havel
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The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both. – Vaclav Havel

Category:
Leadership
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Vaclav Havel
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Other Quotes from
Government
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We must force the government to stop the bird migration. We must shoot all birds, field all our men and troops… and force migratory birds to stay where they are. – Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Category:
Government

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. – Jonathan Swift

Category:
Government

Governments should not possess instruments of coercion and violence denied to their citizens. – Edgar A. Suter

Category:
Government

There is too much government today. Weve got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people. – Ray Bradbury

Category:
Government

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Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didnt, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence. – Honore de Balzac

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I dont like to be labeled, to be anything. Ive made the mistake before myself of labeling my music, but its counter-productive. – Neil Young

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