Vaclav Havel Quotes
I feel that the dormant goodwill in people needs to be stirred. People need to hear that it makes sense to behave decently or to help others, to place common interests above their own, to respect the elementary rules of human coexistence.
Topics
Communities, Community
Cooperation
Respect
Civic Responsibility, Social Responsibility
Altruism
Community Values, Community Standards
Empathy
Goodwill
Needs
People
Social Harmony
Common Interests
Compassionate Actions
Ethical Conduct
Helping Others
Human Coexistence
Humanitarian Principles
Moral Behavior
Selfless Acts
Decent Behavior
Citations
Havel, Václav. Summer Meditations. Translated by Paul Wilson, Knopf, 1992, p. 5.
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Václav Havel was a Czech statesman, writer and former dissident, who served as the last President of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then as the first President of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. As a writer of Czech literature, he is known for his plays, essays, and memoirs.