Quote by Natan Sharansky
My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of demo

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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I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world. – Natan Sharansky

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The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel. – Natan Sharansky

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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 that society is a free society. If not, it is a fear society. – Natan Sharansky

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I define fear as standing across the ring from Joe Louis and knowing he wants to go home early. – Max Baer

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He whose head is in heaven need not fear to put his feet into the grave. – Matthew Henry

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Fear created the first gods in the world. – Caecilius Statius

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There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here because life itself is but motion, and can never be without desire, nor without fear, no more than without sense. – Thomas Hobbes

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