Vaclav Klaus quote

I never intended to be a politician or office-seeker.
Vaclav Klaus
Vaclav Klaus
Born: Jun 19, 1941

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Benjamin Disraeli, Colin Powell, Edmund Burke, Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill

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