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Czechoslovakia Quotes
A nation's dictatorships and its dawn
These Czechoslovakia quotes span political history, from Cold War-era dictatorships to a family's postwar journey to a new Country after surviving Auschwitz and Dachau.
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I was in Vienna in August 1968 for a meeting of the International Federation of Multiple Sclerosis Societies, of which I was co-founder, and we wanted a 20th country to join. They asked for a volunteer to go to Prague to get Czechoslovakia to do it, and my hand always goes up first.
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Italy in the 1920s, Germany in the '30s, East Germany in the '50s, Czechoslovakia in the '60s, the Latin American dictatorships in the '70s, China in the '80s and '90s - all dictatorships and would-be dictators target newspapers and journalists.
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You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler.
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Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe.
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