I’m absolutely convinced that the very small global warming we are experiencing is the result of natural causes. It’s a cyclical phenomenon in the history of the Earth. The role of man is very small, almost negligible. Vaclav Klaus Read Quote
I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic. Vaclav Klaus Read Quote
It is obvious that the monetary union among 17 very different European countries does not work. As an economist, I know that the Eurozone is not an optimum currency area, as defined in economic theory. Vaclav Klaus Read Quote
I live in Europe and care about democracy and sovereignty of nation states there. Vaclav Klaus Read Quote
To talk about planning an economic system is to talk in old terms, and I find myself sometimes having to teach Westers about what the market really means. Vaclav Klaus Read Quote
Then in 1969, I spent the spring term at Cornell University in New York. The invasion of August 1968 had already happened, but the hardline regime took several months to crack down on dissidents. Vaclav Klaus Read Quote
People like me who were engaging in brinkmanship with the party economic bosses and the open dissidents who were being arrested were pursuing a common goal in different ways. Vaclav Klaus Read Quote
We will also allow state companies to sell shares to their workers and will pass a law allowing citizens to start companies of their own with no limits on the number of employees or on the firm’s output. Vaclav Klaus Read Quote
We served on the editorial board of a literary monthly called Face in 1968 and 1969. He was a young writer, and I was also interested in broad cultural issues. We agreed on all major issues and became friends. Vaclav Klaus Read Quote
The events in the square, of course, made a deep impression on me and many other parents. Vaclav Klaus Read Quote
