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

Other quotes by Natan Sharansky

The message of the free world to any potential Palestinian leadership should be a simple one: Embrace democratic reform and we will embrace you. – Natan Sharansky

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Leadership
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The three main sources of scepticism are first, that not every people desires freedom second, that democracy in certain parts of the world would be dangerous and third, that there is little the worlds democracies can do to advance freedom outside their countries. – Natan Sharansky

Category:
Freedom
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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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Freedom
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Other Quotes from
Fear
category

Luck is everything… My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. Im fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldnt make a good suspense film. – Alfred Hitchcock

Category:
Fear

My greatest fear: repetition. – Max Frisch

Category:
Fear

Theres no love more intense than the love we have for our kids – and where there is intense love, there is also intense fear lurking beneath the surface. – Arianna Huffington

Category:
Fear

I like normal stuff people fear – like spiders and heights. Im frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and get a grip on. – Haley Joel Osment

Category:
Fear

Random Quotes

Making peace, I have found, is much harder than making war. – Gerry Adams

Category:
Peace

Practice safe eating — always use condiments. – Author Unknown

Category:
Food

Well, being that, at the house and being in the competition, it was very hard to be with family. We couldnt have visitors out of respect for everyone else there. But, being the American Idol, the focus would have been on me. – LaToya London

Category:
respect

The only politics in this country thats relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution… none other. – H. Rap Brown

Category:
Politics