| To be a dissident is first of all, and above all, to accept the risks. It means becoming a man who is prepared to become a condemned man: it means proclaiming the idea of freedom while being ready to lose your own. Every dissident is a potential victim. Jiri Dienstbier was one of the first signatories of Charter 77, which denounced totalitarianism in Czechoslovakia. Result: three years behind bars. After which he resumed his campaign of passive resistance. Until totalitarianism ended in Czechoslovakia. Once you are on course, you must never deviate from it. |
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