Nor does he conceal his wish to change the Czech political landscape. Once you gain that kind of influence, then you can make an impact, you can change things. It gives me exactly the opposite of what I had at the Castle. If you're an independent analyst, education is the best area to be in. Comfort is one thing.
Rest is out of the question.
Grimly, he describes the task faced by the Czech Republic before it is able to absorb itself into the West that Pehe so admires. You can have a democratic system, but not a democracy. It cannot be decreed, or ordered, or distilled from above. It's a process of gradual internalization. All you can do is slow it down or make it faster.