Quotes Natan Sharansky

Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had dire...

Because of human diversity - different tastes, ambitions, in...

Believe me, the drug of freedom is universally potent....

But by having a right to dissent and having institutions whi...

By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians bui...

By helping readers understand these mechanics, I hope they w...

Can someone within that society walk into the town square an...

Democratic leaders, whose power is ultimately dependent on p...

Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent i...

I am optimistic that peace can be achieved in the region bec...

I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority ...

I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical...

In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent i...

It is important to remember that some of the most serious th...

It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo be...

Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept the...

Just as the 99% of Soviet citizens who supported the Soviet ...

Just as the sceptics were wrong then, I am convinced they ar...

My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march o...

Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people ...

Of course, there can be serious injustices within free socie...

On the other hand, if the free world is concerned with how a...

Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and m...

Oslo failed because the democratic world, including Israel, ...

People may believe that there can be a society where dissent...