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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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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

Category:
Peace
Author
Natan Sharansky
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I am optimistic that peace can be achieved in the region because I believe that every society on earth can be free and that if freedom comes to the Middle East, there can be peace. – Natan Sharansky

Category:
Freedom
Author
Natan Sharansky
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Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafats regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace. – Natan Sharansky

Category:
Peace
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Natan Sharansky
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Other Quotes from
Fear
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The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends. – Shirley MacLaine

Category:
Fear

Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. Its the sprint. The marathon is hope. – Mike Huckabee

Category:
Fear

Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the midst of shipwrecks, there is no reason why our minds should be overwhelmed with fear and overcome with weariness. – John Calvin

Category:
Fear

Well, I am now convinced there is no kind of fear or anxiety anyone has to live with. – Ricky Williams

Category:
Fear

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My father was against the death penalty, and that was hard in the Son of Sam summer when fear was driving the desire for the death penalty. – Andrew Cuomo

Category:
Death

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Category:
Future

Your ability to move others into appropriate, timely, and effective action is largely determined by the consequences of your speaking and listening. – Suzanne Mayo Frindt

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Listening

This, then, is the state of the union: free and restless, growing and full of hope. So it was in the beginning. So it shall always be, while God is willing, and we are strong enough to keep the faith. – Lyndon B. Johnson

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Independence Day