Quote by Gene Sharp

“Resistane violence may help unite the putschists' basic supporters and military forces against the ‪anti coup‬ defenders”

— Gene Sharp

“The first basic principle of ‪‎anti coup‬ defense is therefore to deny legitimacy to the putschists”

— Gene Sharp

Repression breeds hate; hate menaces stable government.

— Louis D. Brandeis

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

Repression will provoke rebellion.

— Hugh Williamson

“Nonviolent struggle both requires and tends to produce a loss (or greater control) of fear of the government and its violent repression. That abandonment…

— Gene Sharp

“The greater danger to individual freedom comes from totalitarian regimes that regard any dissenting view as a threat to be destroyed—no matter if the…

— William Stevenson

Clearly, we must denounce militaristic approaches to global unrest and find life-affirming ways to end repressive cycles of violence rooted in discrimination, humiliation, and…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

People who speak up for freedom in regimes that are repressive are often at threat.

— Rex W. Tillerson

There should be no romanticism that international public opinion or even international diplomatic and economic pressure can defeat a coup without determined and strong…

— Gene Sharp

“Constructive insurgency: Is the use of legal and imaginative means of resistance to reform a system of repression. Generally through the use of a…

— Anonymous

“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