Zdravim vas, pratele! Hi, pals! Sure, we've all been talking about Kim Jong-il and North Korea these days, but did you know that another big figure of modern history has left this world?
Václav Havel, the "father" of the modern, post-communist Czech Republic.
The following excerpts contain some of the words Václav said throughout his political
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And that confidence was absolutely justified. The nation that gave to the world St. Wenceslaus, Jan Hus, Antonin Dvorak, Bedrich Smetana, Franz Kafka, Miloš Forman, Martina Navratilova, Jaromir Jagr, Dominik Hašek, and Eva Herzigova, and Silvia Saint if you like; and also kolače, knedliky, Becherovka, Pilsner Urquell, Starobrno, Budvar, Gambrinus and Staropramen; the country of Hradčany, Vyšehrad and Stare mesto; of Karlovy Vary, Česky Raj and the High Tatry... has ALL reasons to be proud of itself.
Btw I think apart from Havel, we ought to mention Alexander Dubček, an equally heroic giant in Czecho-Slovakian history.
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