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George H.W. Bush: “His election, as the President noted in his message, is living proof of what Mr. Havel has called the 'power of the…”

On the recordDecember 28, 1989
His election, as the President noted in his message, is living proof of what Mr. Havel has called the 'power of the powerless' to bring about peaceful democratic change.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the Election of Vaclav Havel as President of Czechoslovakia

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