Business Quote by Gene Sharp

There’s one thing that’s been 'learned' maybe from Tunisia and Egypt that I think is a mistake. And that is that the existing ruler…

— Gene Sharp

Nonviolent action involves opposing the opponent's power, including his police and military capacity, not with the weapons chosen by him but by quite different…

— Gene Sharp

“In some cases, however, limited violence against the dictatorship may be inevitable. Frustration and hatred of the regime may explode into violence. Or, certain…

— Gene Sharp

“Liberation from dictatorships ultimately depends on the people's ability to liberate themselves.”

— Gene Sharp

“Engage in friendly creative communication with the functionaries and troops serving the putschists while continuing resistance. Explain to them the reasons for the defense…

— Gene Sharp

“The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of the subjects to be…

— Gene Sharp

Violence by the defenders will be used by the putschists to justify overwhelming repression which they want to use anyhow. It will be used…

— Gene Sharp

Nonviolent struggle is the most powerful means available to those struggling for freedom.

— Gene Sharp

The degree of liberty or tyranny in any government is, it follows, in large degree a reflection of the relative determination of the subjects…

— Gene Sharp

“As Charles Stewart Parnell called out during the Irish rent strike campaign in 1879 and 1880: It is no use relying on the Government…

— Gene Sharp

Dictatorships are never as strong as they think they are, and people are never as weak as they think they are.

— Gene Sharp

By placing confidence in violent means, one has chosen the very type of struggle with which the oppressors nearly always have superiority.

— Gene Sharp