Quote by Natan Sharansky
Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed a

Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed all his energies toward strengthening the Palestinians hatred toward Israel, Arafat could not afford to make peace. – Natan Sharansky

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My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society. – Natan Sharansky

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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

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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 latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom. – Natan Sharansky

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They say in the grave there is peace, and peace and the grave are one and the same. – Georg Buchner

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Let him who desires peace prepare for war. – Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

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But now Americans, they felt a sense of peace and protection because theyve been separated by so many thousands of miles of ocean. And you know, the fact that its come to the U.S. like this is so sad, and yet you know, what can you do? Its here. – Patty Hearst

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Why cant peace be a single overriding common purpose: why do we wait for a crisis to pull us together? Lets pull together for peace. – Rita Mae Brown

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