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32 quotes by Natan Sharansky

Natan Sharansky (Hebrew: נתן שרנסקי ; Russian: Натан Щаранский; born 20 January 1948) is a Soviet-born Israeli politician, human rights activist and author who spent nine years in Soviet prisons for allegedly spying for the American Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Natan Sharansky has served as Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency since June 2009.
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Can someone within that society walk into the town square and say what they want without fear of being punished for his or her views? If so, then... →

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Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.

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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... →

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Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not... →

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Democratic leaders, whose power is ultimately dependent on popular support, are held accountable for failing to improve the lives of their citizens.... →

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It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany... →

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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... →

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The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he... →

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Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people against external enemies in order to maintain internal stability.

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I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society.

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In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned.

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Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations.

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Just as the 99% of Soviet citizens who supported the Soviet regime in 1985 was no indication of what the people inside the USSR really thought, the... →

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