1967年6月,作家米兰·昆德拉在第四届捷克斯洛伐克作家联盟大会上发表演说,支持作家争取艺术表现的自由。他当时说:“一切对于意见的压制,包括以暴力压制错误的意见,从结果看,都是与真理为敌。因为真理只能是通过享有平等权利的自由意见的对话才能到达。任何对于思想自由与文字自由的干涉,虽然这种检查的术语学与机构是处心积虑的,在本世纪都是丑名昭著的。” In June 1967, writer Milan Kundera delivered a speech at the Fourth Conference of Writers’ Union of Czechoslovakia in support of his freedom of artistic expression. He said at the time: “All repression of opinion, including the oppression of violence by violence, is, in the end, an enemy of truth because truth can only be reached through dialogue with the free opinion of equal rights. The interference of freedom of thought and freedom of writing, although the terms and institutions of such examinations are deliberate, are notorious for this century. ”