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Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Václav Havel
Born: October 5, 1936
Died: December 18, 2011 (aged 75)
Bio: Václav Havel was a Czech writer, philosopher, dissident, and statesman. From 1989 to 1992, he served as the last president of Czechoslovakia. He then served as the first president of the Czech Republic after the Czech Slovak split.
Known for:
- The Garden Party (1993)
- The Power of the Powerless (1979)
- To the Castle and back (2007)
- The Memorandum (1965)
- Letters to Olga (1985)
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