Adversity Quote by Gene Sharp

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

— 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

“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

“Nonviolent defiance often risks serious casualities, but it seem to produce far fewer casualitie than when both sides use violence. At the same time,…

— Gene Sharp

A nonviolent struggle necessarily involves construction on a small scale. It cannot therefore lead to tamas or darkness or inertia.

— Mahatma Gandhi

“another option exists for those who want both peace and freedom: political defiance”

— Anonymous

Canada has, at times, represented itself as a country in a valiant struggle against powerful and menacing agents that are indifferent to its special…

— Miriam Toews

For a nonviolent struggle, there is no age limit. The blind, the maimed and the bed-ridden may serve, and not only men but women…

— Mahatma Gandhi

“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

“Every adversity is just another opportunity to excel a little more.”

— Michel Templet

“Friction is necessary. Ease of life leads to complacency and the atrophy of the human will and spirit. Within our struggles lives our strength,…

— Jason Versey

He who is content with what has been done is an obstacle in the path of progress.

— Helen Keller