🏛️ What Makes a Good Politician?

Václav Havel's reflection on his improbable path from imprisoned poet-playwright to president of Czechoslovakia. 'The true art of politics is the art of winning people's support for a good cause, even when the pursuit of that cause may interfere with their particular momentary interests' — without leading trusting citizens to serve a lie in an illusory search for future prosperity. A rare intellectual who, rather than forcing his way into politics, had politics forced upon him.