Because Quote by Natan Sharansky Download Open image “There were no dissidents then in the USSR because they were all killed.” — Natan Sharansky ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Because Then Were
There were nowhere more docile disciples of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin than the Nazis were. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Under Stalin, artists weren't dissidents; all they hoped was to survive and write. — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
I think during the Cold War in America at least, there was a division; there was the Soviet government and there were the oppressed… — Joe Weisberg Copy Share Image
And Communist Russia was so bad because they followed their people, they snooped on them, they arrested them, they put them in secret prisons,… — Steve Wozniak Copy Share Image
There was a huge lack of freedom in communist regimes, but at least they had humanity at the center of their thinking. — Alexis Tsipras Copy Share Image
In 1917 there was not a single Bolshevik who considered possible the realization of a socialist society in a single country, and least of… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
“So you were dissidents? You believed in finishing the USSR?''No. It's not like that. You just speak several languages at the same time, all… — Peter Pomerantsev Copy Share Image
Either the USSR was not the country of socialism, in which case socialism didn't exist anywhere and doubtless, wasn't possible: or else, socialism was… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
The Soviet assumption that all other political life-forms and beliefs were inherently and immutably hostile was the simple and central cause of that Cold… — Robert Conquest Copy Share Image
“Soviet leaders had to treat the outside world as hostile because this provided the only excuse “for the dictatorship without which they did not… — John Lewis Gaddis Copy Share Image
A Stalin functionary admitted, Innocent people were arrested: naturally - otherwise no one would be frightened. If people were arrested only for specific misdemeanours,… — Paul Johnson Copy Share Image
The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
Democratic leaders, whose power is ultimately dependent on popular support, are held accountable for failing to improve the lives of their citizens. Therefore, they… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
On the other hand, if the free world is concerned with how a new Palestinian leader governs, then the peace process will have a… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
To go again over the history of the struggle of resistance ... and to think 'Where are all these people today Where is the… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
Those who warned that Gorbachev was being put under too much pressure were wrong. — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
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… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
It is important to remember that some of the most serious thinkers once thought that democracy was not compatible with the cultures of Germany,… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
Will dissent be permitted? The answer to that question will determine whether the society is a free society or a fear society. — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
They tried their best to find a place where I was isolated. But all the resources of a superpower cannot isolate the man who… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed all his energies toward strengthening the Palestinians hatred toward Israel, Arafat could not… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
There were songs that we cut out after we chose the name, because 'Praise Break' turned out to be an underlying concept that I… — Daniel Caesar Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings. — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I believe in taxation and health care that is outside the usual libertarian mandate, because I don't want people to have to suffer. It's… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language. — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when full and in fear that I will continue to eat unwanted food just because it's staring at me, I will place my… — Rachel Nichols Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
