Vaclav Havel Quotes

We are responsible for the history of the future.

I'm just becoming more and more aware of this truly profound responsibility that we carry as individuals. And it's a responsibility not only to ourselves and to our families, but to the billions of people who still have to come in the future who will be dealing with our legacy.

There is a mysterious cycle in human events. To some generations much is given. Of other generations much is expected. This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny.

Posterity makes the judgments. There are going to be a lot of surprises in store for everybody.

It's up to history to judge.

There are people who will appreciate what I've done, and there will be people who will criticize me. Ultimately history will have the final say.

I ask you to accept one thing. Hand on heart, I did what I thought was right. I may have been wrong. That's your call

We cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves.... The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

The world's history is the world's judgment.

I've been blessed with a platform and a voice, and I owe it to myself and my family and our people to use it responsibly.

You can make history, or you will be vilified by it.

We will go down in history either as the world's greatest statesmen or its worst villains.

We all have to stand by our life's work as the true test of what we have done for the world.

I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power.

There is no shame in black athletes not wanting to be role models, but there should be shame when they don't behave like one. It's a free country and people can do whatever they want. But just because we can doesn't mean we should.

Those who invoke history will certainly be heard by history. And they will have to accept its verdict.

Leadership can not be measured in a poll or even in the result of an election. It can only be truly seen with the benefit of time. From the perspective of 20 years, not 20 days.

I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.

History passes the final judgment.

History will point out some of the things I did wrong and some of the things I did right.

We should look back now and then. Our politicians should look back every now and then.

In the ultimate analysis, all of us would have served Pakistan better if history and our future generations judge us positively.

We should all be obliged to appear before a board every five years and justify our existence... on pain of liquidation.

When I was 5, my father was very much my hero. And he ran for political office in a very thankless campaign for a very thankless position. And he did it because his mother had instilled in him, if you are someone who has the capacity to make a great change, you have the responsibility.

My greatest responsibility is to acknowledge the mistakes and the shortcomings of the country in which I live, to acknowledge my privileges, and to try to make it a better place.