“My dear friends, I bid you farewell as your President. I remain with you as your fellow citizen!”
Václav Havel (1936–2011) playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and 1st President of the Czech Republic
Farewell Address (2003)
“Be kind to my remains; and oh defend,
Against your judgment, your departed friend!”
Epistle to Congreve (1693), line 72.
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