Natan Sharansky Quotes


My theory is that security - also against terror - can only be accomplished through global democratization.


Citations

Sharansky, Natan, and Ron Dermer. The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny and Terror. PublicAffairs, 2004.

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Although the President was personally opposed to terrorism and his policies opposed terrorism, in his country most people supported terrorism and the Islamic schools—madrasas—taught intolerance, hate and terrorism. Even leading generals of the army were major supporters of terrorism. See {586700} as an example.


Natan Sharansky
Natan Sharansky
  • Born: January 20, 1948
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Profession: Writer

Natan Sharansky is an Israeli politician, human rights activist, and author who, as a refusenik in the Soviet Union during the 1970s and 1980s, spent nine years in Soviet prisons. He served as Chair of the Executive of the Jewish Agency from June 2009 to August 2018. Natan Sharansky currently serves as the Chairman of the Institute of the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) (www.isgap.org).