I'm currently reading "The Case for Democracy: The Power of Freedom to Overcome Tyranny & Terror". Author Natan Sharansky, a former Soviet dissident and gulag resident who immigrated to Isreal and was eventually elected to parliment, brings up a number of very solid and common sense themes in this book. I'm currently on page 77 of this almost 300 page book, but two points I'm taking a way thus far are things we've all known, but that Sharansky is able to put into a few words:
1. The difference between living in a free society and a fear society is that there is public discourse and dissent, where someone can walk into the "public square" and speak their mind about government policy.
2. "Free elections are held in an environment where people are free to express their views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or fear of physical harm. Put simply, free elections are elections in a free society."
As I find other common sense words of wisdom from this book I'll post them.
JB
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