The Wit and Wisdom of... Václav Havel

Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.

Letter to Alexander Dubček, the Czechoslovakian leader deposed in a 1968 Soviet invasion for attempting to introduce liberalising reforms. The author, playwright and leading dissident Václav Havel, later led the Velvet Revolution which overthrew the Communist regime. From August 1969.