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Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed all his energies toward strengthening the Palestinians hatred toward Israel, Arafat could not afford to make peace.
~ Natan Sharansky
Afford
Arafat
Because
Could
Deal
Dictator
Directed
Energies
Had
Hatred
His
Israel
Make
Palestinians
Peace
Rejected
Strengthening
Toward
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Believe me, the drug of freedom is universally potent.
~ Natan Sharansky
Believe
Freedom
Me
Potent
Universally
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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.
~ Natan Sharansky
Between
Build
Compromise
Doubt
Focusing
Free
Free Society
Helping
Historic
Israelis
No Doubt
Once
Palestinians
Peace
Prevail
Reached
Society
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By helping readers understand these mechanics, I hope they will appreciate why freedom is for everyone, why it is essential for our security and why the free world plays a critically important role in advancing democracy around the globe.
~ Natan Sharansky
Advancing
Appreciate
Around
Critically
Democracy
Essential
Everyone
Free
Free World
Freedom
Globe
Helping
Hope
Important
Important Role
Mechanics
Our
Plays
Readers
Role
Security
Understand
Why
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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.
~ Natan Sharansky
Being
Fear
Free
Free Society
Her
His
Punished
Say
Society
Someone
Square
Then
Town
Views
Walk
Want
Within
Without
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Democratic leaders, whose power is ultimately dependent on popular support, are held accountable for failing to improve the lives of their citizens. Therefore, they have a powerful incentive to keep their societies peaceful and prosperous.
~ Natan Sharansky
Accountable
Citizens
Democratic
Democratic Leaders
Dependent
Failing
Held
Improve
Incentive
Keep
Leaders
Lives
Peaceful
Popular
Power
Powerful
Prosperous
Societies
Support
Therefore
Ultimately
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Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.
~ Natan Sharansky
Dissent
Free
Free Societies
Protected
Right
Societies
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I am optimistic that peace can be achieved in the region because I believe that every society on earth can be free and that if freedom comes to the Middle East, there can be peace.
~ Natan Sharansky
Achieved
Am
Because
Believe
Earth
East
Every
Free
Freedom
I Am
I Believe
I Believe That
Middle
Middle East
Optimistic
Peace
Region
Society
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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.
~ Natan Sharansky
Arabs
Choice
Choose
Doubt
Else
Everyone
Everyone Else
Fear
Free
Free Society
Given
Like
Majority
Muslims
No Doubt
Over
Real
Society
Vast
Vast Majority
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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
Book
Change
Change The World
Freedom
Inspired
Power
Those
Who
World
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In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned.
~ Natan Sharansky
Banned
Contrast
Dissent
Fear
Societies
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It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany, Italy, Japan, Latin America and Russia.
~ Natan Sharansky
America
Compatible
Cultures
Democracy
Germany
Important
Italy
Japan
Latin
Latin America
Most
Once
Remember
Russia
Serious
Some
Thinkers
Thought
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It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.
~ Natan Sharansky
Against
Arafat
Began
Decade
Disposal
Fan
Flames
Hatred
His
Israel
Placed
Resources
Since
Surprising
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Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations.
~ Natan Sharansky
Community
Culture
Democracy
Free
Heritage
Japan
Japanese
Joined
Kept
Nations
Traditions
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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.
~ Natan Sharansky
Arab
Arab World
Army
Believers
Citizens
Illusion
Indication
Inside
Just
People
Really
Regime
See
Soviet
Supported
Think
Thought
True
True Believers
Who
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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
Based
Democracy
Experience
Fear
Having
Lived
March
Mechanics
Optimism
Primarily
Rather
Recent
Society
Studied
Successful
Sustain
Times
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Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people against external enemies in order to maintain internal stability.
~ Natan Sharansky
Against
Always
Enemies
External
Internal
Maintain
Mobilize
Need
Order
People
Regimes
Stability
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Of course, there can be serious injustices within free societies.
~ Natan Sharansky
Course
Free
Free Societies
Injustices
Serious
Societies
Within
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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.
~ Natan Sharansky
Chance
Concerned
Free
Free World
Governs
Hand
How
Leader
New
Other
Palestinian
Peace
Peace Process
Process
Real
Succeed
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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
After
All The World
Argued
Began
Constrained
Democratic
Drunk
Fear
Grave
Idea
Israel
Most
Nearly
Norms
Only
Palestinian
Peace
Pose
Society
Threat
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