Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society. – Natan Sharansky
The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy. – Natan Sharansky
Only weeks after Oslo began, when nearly all the world and most of Israel was drunk with the idea of peace, I argued that a Palestinian society not constrained by democratic norms would be a fear society that would pose a grave threat to Israel. – Natan Sharansky
I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world. – Natan Sharansky