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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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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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Fear
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Natan Sharansky
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People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent. – Natan Sharansky

Category:
Fear
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Natan Sharansky
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Television knows no night. It is perpetual day. TV embodies our fear of the dark, of night, of the other side of things. – Jean Baudrillard

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Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. – Francis Quarles

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The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government. – James K. Polk

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It is better to know what to fear than to say no fear. – Tim Fargo

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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends? – George Eliot

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Man-made computers are limited in their performance by finite processing speed and memory. So, too, the cosmic computer is limited in power by its age and the finite speed of light. – Paul Davies

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Action may not bring happiness but there is no happiness without action. – William James

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When I used to do musical theatre, my dad refused to come backstage. He never wanted to see the props up close or the sets up close. He didnt want to see the magic. – Nia Vardalos

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