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

By focusing once and for all on helping the Palestinians build a free society, I have no doubt that an historic compromise between Israelis and Palestinians can be reached and that peace can prevail.

Non-democratic regimes always need to mobilize their people against external enemies in order to maintain internal stability.

It is not surprising, then, that in the decade since Oslo began, Arafat used all the resources placed at his disposal to fan the flames of hatred against Israel.

Of course, there can be serious injustices within free societies.

A simple way to determine whether the right to dissent in a particular society is being upheld is to apply the town square test: Can a person walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm? If he can, then that person is living in a free society. If not, it's a fear society.

I was inspired to write this book by those who are sceptical of the power of freedom to change the world.