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Natan Sharansky

Natan Sharansky (Hebrew: נתן שרנסקי‬, Russian: Ната́н Щара́нский, Ukrainian: Натан Щаранський; born Anatoly Borisovich Shcharansky (Russian: Анато́лий Бори́сович Щара́нский, Ukrainian: Анатолій Борисович Щаранський) on 20 January 1948) is an Israeli politician, human rights activist and author who, as a refusenik in the Soviet Union during the 1970s and 1980s, spent nine years in Soviet prisons. He has served as Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency since June 2009.

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On the other hand, if the free world is concerned with how a new Palestinian leader governs, then the peace process will have a real chance to succeed.

Concerned, Hands, Palestinian, Peace, Real

Just as the 99% of Soviet citizens who supported the Soviet regime in 1985 was no indication of what the people inside the USSR really thought, the army of true believers that we think we see in the Arab world is an illusion.

1985, Army, Indication, People, Thinking

In dictatorships you need courage to fight evil; in the free world you need courage to see evil.

Courage, Dictatorships, Evil, Fighting, Needs

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.

Enemy, Literature, Peace, Today, Tomorrow

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.

Being Free, Fear, Free, Squares, Views

By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians build a free society, I have no doubt that an historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians can be reached and that peace can prevail.

Doubt, Free, Historic, Literature, Peace, Reached

My theory is that security - also against terror - can only be accomplished through global democratization.

Accomplished, Against, Terror, Theory

Unfortunately, little attention was paid to how Arafat ruled. In fact, some saw the harsh and repressive nature of Arafat's regime as actually bolstering the prospects for peace.

Attention, Harsh, Nature, Peace, Prospects, Racist

Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations.

Community, Democracy, Japan, Kept, Nations

When did America forget that it's America?

America, Forget

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.

Constrained, Ideas, Israel, Peace, Pose

They tried their best to find a place where I was isolated. But all the resources of a superpower cannot isolate the man who hears a voice of freedom, a voice I heard from the very chamber of my soul.

Heard, Isolated, Men, Soul, Tried, Voice

Bush explained his fundamental concept to me, that freedom is not an American invention, but rather a gift from God to all people.

Bush, Concept, Freedom, Fundamentals, Invention, People

I have no doubt that given a real choice, the vast majority of Muslims and Arabs, like everyone else will choose a free society over a fear society.

Real, Choices, Doubt, Free, Choice

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

Book, Freedom, Literature, Power, Write, Writing

Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people against external enemies in order to maintain internal stability.

Against, Enemy, Maintain, Mobilize, Order, People

Free nations generally look for ways to deal with dictators amicably.

Deal, Dictator, Free, Looks, Way, Ways

Imagine if the United States, in its war against Hitler, had said to Stalin: we don't want your support until you make your country democratic.

Country, Democratic, Make, Stalin, Support, War

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.

Central, Fighting, Israel, Peace, Territory

To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.

Link, Links, Nature, Peace, Problem

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