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A Message of Hope

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“Either we have hope within us or we don’t; it is a dimension of the soul, and it’s not essentially dependent on some particular observation of the world or estimate of the situation...Hope is an orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons. Hope is an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed...It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”
-Vaclav Havel
He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia (1989–92) and the first President of the Czech Republic (1993–2003). He has written over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally. He has received the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Philadelphia Liberty Medal, the Order of Canada and many other award and recognitions.

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