"Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out."
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About Václav Havel
Václav Havel was a Czech writer, philosopher, and dissident who played a leading role in the Velvet Revolution which peacefully brought an end to communist rule in Czechoslovakia in 1989. Havel served as the last President of Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992 and as the first President of the Czech Republic from 1993 to 2003. He was known for his anti-government activities, writings promoting human rights and democracy, and his commitment to nonviolent resistance against oppressive regimes.
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