A Person Who Has Been Seduced By

The Deeper The Experience Of An Absence Of Meaning - In Other Words, Of Absurdity - The More Energetically Meaning Is Sought.

Frank Zappa Was One Of The Gods Of The Czech Underground, I Thought Of Him As A Friend. Whenever I Feel Like Escaping From The World Of The Presidency, I Think Of Him.

The Previous Regime ... Reduced Man To A Means Of Production And Nature To A Tool Of Production. Thus It Attacked Both Their Very Essence And Their Mutual Relationship. It Reduced Gifted And Autonomous People To Nuts And Bolts In Some Monstrously Huge, Noisy, And Stinking Machine.

I Am Convinced That We Will Never Build A Democratic State Based On Rule Of Law If We Do Not At The Same Time Build A State That Is-regardless Of How Unscientific This May Sound To The Ears Of A Political Scientist-humane, Moral, Intellectual And Spiritual, And Cultural.

A State That Denies Its Citizens Their Basic Rights Becomes A Danger To Its Neighbors As Well: Internal Arbitrary Rule Will Be Reflected In Arbitrary External Relations. The Suppression Of Public Opinion, The Abolition Of Public Competition For Power And Its Public Exercise Opens The Way For The State Power To Arm Itself In Any Way It Sees Fit.... A State That Does Not Hesitate To Lie To Its Own People Will Not Hesitate To Lie To Other States.