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"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."

Natan Sharansky on Peace

More quotes about Peace

  • "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."

    Jimi Hendrix on Peace

  • "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind."

    Mahatma Gandhi on Peace

  • "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other."

    Mother Teresa on Peace

  • "I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."

    Martin Luther King, Jr. on Peace

  • "Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one."

    John Lennon on Peace

More quotes by Natan Sharansky

  • "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."

  • "When we are unwilling to draw clear moral lines between free societies and fear societies, when we are unwilling to call the former good and the latter evil, we will not be able to advance the cause of peace because peace cannot be disconnected from freedom."

  • "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."

  • "In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned."

  • "People may believe that there can be a society where dissent is not permitted, but which is nonetheless not a fear society because everyone agrees with one another and therefore no one wants to dissent."

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