Sharansky Fear Quotes

#1. Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society.

Natan Sharansky

#2. In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned.

Natan Sharansky

#3. The Colorado River was at a record low and the towers in Lake Mead stood high out of the water. But the Angelenos committed communal suicide by watering lawns as usual.

Robert A. Heinlein

#4. She had a big ole booty, I was doing my duty.

LL Cool J

#5. I think everyone loves a slash of red lipstick.

Gwendoline Christie

#6. 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

#7. One uses power by grasping it lightly. To grasp too strongly is to be taken over by power, and thus to become its victim.

Frank Herbert

#8. She kicked her feet as hard as she could, over and over

Jennifer Hayden

#9. 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.

Natan Sharansky

#10. 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

#11. 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.

Natan Sharansky

#12. 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

#13. Helsinki isn't all that bad. It's a very nice city, and it's cold really only in wintertime.

Linus Torvalds

#14. 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

#15. When a man is afraid and accedes to fear, he will always find arguments to justify his own surrender.

Natan Sharansky

#16. Honesty, disinterestedness and good nature are indispensable to procure the esteem and confidence of those with whom we live, and on whose esteem our happiness depends.

Thomas Jefferson

#17. Once you believe that God is speaking directly to you, there is no discussion.

Jon Krakauer

#18. Labor law violations are alive and well in the USA.

Steven Magee