Natan Sharansky Quotes

Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society. - Natan Sharansky

When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom. - Natan Sharansky

Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace. - Natan Sharansky

To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood. - Natan Sharansky

To go again over the history of the struggle of resistance ... and to think 'Where are all these people today? Where is the KGB?' is very inspiring. - Natan Sharansky

This scepticism is the same scepticism I heard a generation ago in the USSR when few thought that a democratic transformation behind the iron curtain was possible. - Natan Sharansky

They said they had no preference and that they would not repeat the mistakes of those who tried to interfere with Israel elections in the past. - Natan Sharansky

There were no dissidents then in the USSR because they were all killed. - Natan Sharansky

The two most important things that can be done to promote democracy in the world is first, to bring moral clarity back to world affairs and second, to link international policies to the advance of democracy around the globe. - Natan Sharansky

The times of a communist dictator. - Natan Sharansky

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