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.

As soon as people become a little less fearful, they will also begin demanding more freedom.

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

They tried their best to find a place where I was isolated. But all the resources of a superpower cannot isolate the man who hears a voice of freedom, a voice I heard from the very chamber of my soul.

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.

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