"A great fighter for the freedom of nations and for democracy has died … His outstanding voice of wisdom will be misse…"

"Having encountered many setbacks, Havel lived with a spirit of hope, which he defined as “the ability to work for som…"

"With the death of Vaclav Havel, the Czech republic has lost one of its great patriots, France has lost a friend, and …"

"Havel … invokes … "higher law" when he claims that "human rights, human freedoms . . . and human dignity have their d…"

"He will be remembered as a hero to the people of the Czech Republic and to lovers of freedom around the world."

"We are finding out that what looked like a neglected house a year ago is in fact a ruin."

"Man is in fact nailed down — like Christ on the Cross — to a grid of paradoxes . . . he balances between the torment …"

"It's not hard to stand behind one's successes. But to accept responsibility for one's failures... that is devishly ha…"

"If every day a man takes orders in silence from an incompetent superior, if every day he solemnly performs ritual act…"

"There's always something suspicious about an intellectual on the winning side."