A Speech Given By Vaclav Klaus President of the Czech Republic September 7, 2012. Click link below for the entire speech.
Twenty years ago, it seemed to us that right in front of our eyes a
far-reaching shift was taking place on the “oppresion vs. freedom” and
the “state vs. market” axis. It was a justified feeling. It was
reinforced by the fact that our Velvet Revolution had taken place at a
time of the historically unique era of Ronald Reagan and Margaret
Thatcher. Thanks to them and in the world of ideas thanks to Hayek,
Friedman, Stigler and a few others, we believed that capitalism, at
least for a certain period of time, succeeded in defending itself
against global socialism. People like me knew that these individuals
were exceptional and unique, but we did not expect that what they
achieved would be so quickly forgotten. We erroneously hoped that the
changes that had been taking place at that time were irreversible.
http://www.klaus.cz/clanky/3178
Saturday, September 8, 2012
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