Natan Sharansky Quotes

Of all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world. May we never lose our faith in it or our resolve to do everything that can be done to convert it one day into reality.

I share the opinion of those of broader vision, who see in the signs of the time hope of humanity for peace.

I am looking forward and I am hoping that I will be the catalyst that makes India and Pakistan live for peace forever.

Peace as a goal is an ideal which will not be contested by any government or nation, not even the most belligerent.

If France, Germany, and Great Britain – who have often been at war with each other – are now friends, then India, Pakistan, and China could become friends, too.

Europe is a world where men have decided to die together because they are unable to find a way to live together

Peace is the necessary rational end of rational men.

It certainly is very desirable that a pacific disposition should prevail among all nations.

We are not seeking... and looking for war with any nations. We are seeking peace and stability among all the nations in the region.

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.

Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.

Peace must be more than the absence of war.

The Ahmadinejads of the world, the bin Ladens of the world, will not change their ways, regardless of how hard we try to explain to them that peace begins with them.

Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.

We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.

Peace is important for Israel.

Without peace and without the overwhelming majority of people that believe in peace defending it, working for it, believing in it, security can never really be a reality.

War is over if you want it.

But when will our leaders learn - war is not the answer.

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking.

We believe world peace is inevitable.

I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it.

Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.

I declare that I will establish peace in this world.