Schwarzenberg, a friend of Havel, promised that both he and others would keep striving for truth and love as Havel did.
The slogan "Love and Truth Must Prevail Over Lies and Hatred" was coined by Havel during the 1989 overthrow of the Communist regime.
Czech-born Albright, also a long-standing friend of Havel, said few had been more Czech than the late president who was one of the most respected persons of the planet.
Klaus said many things were leaving along with Havel, but not the idea that freedom was worth sacrifices.
Albright, Klaus and Schwarzenberg delivered their brief speeches during the state funeral in the Saint Victus Cathedral that started at noon. It was attended by statesmen and guests from the whole world.
"For Havel, conscience was a human body that must be regularly nurtured and strengthened by exposing it to bad weather. He esteemed freedom not as a target in itself, but as a means with which to achieve that the truth eventually prevails," Albright said.
Albright said that in his capacity as president, Havel had breathed a new life not only into the Czech Republic, but also into the humanistic traditions of Jan Amos Komensky (Comenius, a 17th century Czech thinker and teacher) and Tomas Garrigue Masaryk (first Czechoslovak president).
However, Havel's ideas addressed everyone, she added.
"As a citizen of the world he brought light into the places of the deepest darkness, permanently evoking what all of us owe to one another," Albright said.
Klaus said in his speech that he had entered the presidential office after Havel.
Havel was Czechoslovak president in 1989-1992, Czech president in 1993-2003 and Klaus was elected his successor also in 2003.
Klaus said along with Havel, a president, politician, intellectual and artist had left whom the nation would remember with gratitude, esteem and respect.
"We are not a big nation, due to which we do not have many great personalities. But still it has often happened to us that their work and legacy was twisted and deformed," Klaus, adding that he did not expect anything of this to happen to Havel.
Klaus said although many things were leaving along with Havel, thanks to the "consistency of his life-long attitudes" many things would not disappear.
A number of ideas, mainly freedom, will and should stay, he added.
The idea that freedom is a value worth sacrifices is not leaving, Klaus said.
Neither is the idea that freedom can be lost if there is not enough care for it, he added.
If anyone is deprived of it anywhere, this threatens also "our freedom," Klaus said.
A minority view is not necessarily wrong and one has to think of it, he added.
Schwarzenberg promised in the cathedral that both he and others would keep seeking the truth and love he late Havel sought.
"Mr President Havel, we will still fight for truth and love and their victory. We will never relent. You can rely on us," Schwarzenberg said.
Schwarzenberg, head of the Presidential Office when Havel came to power, also remembered Havel's friends, collaborators and followers both from the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Schwarzenberg went on to emphasise Havel's humility as well as his ability to make people think of the "arbitrariness" of the Communist regime.
"One slogan was truth and freedom. Only love makes us listen to the truth of others," Schwarzenberg said.
Havel's courage with which he was bearing his life-long cross was appreciated by Bishop Vaclav Maly, also a dissident under the Communist regime.
Maly said in his life-time Havel had to come to terms not only with an illness, but also with fame.
People projected their hopes, but also disappointments in Havel, he added.
However, he was able to look into the death's eyes even in difficult moments and voice solidarity with the oppressed, Maly said.
"Even at the time he headed our society, he kept an open window to the truth. He never closed himself into the circle of compromise, manipulation and dishonesty," he added.
Havel died in his country house in east Bohemia on December 18 aged 75.
Author: CTKwww.ctk.cz
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