Natan Sharansky
Natan Sharansky
Natan Sharanskyon 20 January 1948) is a Soviet-born Israeli politician, human rights activist and author who spent nine years in Soviet prisons. Natan Sharansky has served as Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency since June 2009...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth20 January 1948
CountryRussian Federation
country war support
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.
japan community democracy
Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations.
views squares being-free
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.
men voice soul
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.
fighting evil world
In dictatorships you need courage to fight evil; in the free world you need courage to see evil.
ask happen hope miracle pray sharon
I ask you all to pray for a miracle. We all hope a miracle will happen so Ariel Sharon can come back to his family, to his people.
doubt peace road terror
If he will succeed, if terror will be stopped, then no doubt the road to peace will be open,
assured family public solution week
It's as if nothing is being done, ... The public has been assured that there would be a solution for every family, but not one family here has any idea where they will be a week from now.
atmosphere decisions difficult elections electoral fruitful issues political serious
It will be very difficult to have such serious discussions or fruitful discussions with the atmosphere of elections because, of course, those decisions will become part of the political issues for the electoral debate,
If the U.S. or the Palestinians think we will give up Jerusalem, they are wrong.
clear constantly left lose mean plan result risk support
It's better to have a clear plan -- even if it will mean that he will lose some of the support on the right or the left -- than to have no plan, and as a result constantly to risk (losing) the support of everybody.
fear men surrender
When a man is afraid and accedes to fear, he will always find arguments to justify his own surrender.
people fundamentals invention
Bush explained his fundamental concept to me, that freedom is not an American invention, but rather a gift from God to all people.
real choices doubt
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.