Quote by Gene Sharp

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

— Gene Sharp

“A successful coup ain't a treason.”

— Toba Beta

“Rebellion without reprisal is one of democracy's perks, right?”

— Laura Kelly

“Arbitrary government operating by force, by terror, must destroy the best, the boldest dissenters in sheer self-defence; soon it finds itself destroying all who,…

— Edward Crankshaw

“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

“And who are its enemies? It always appears that they are not only those who attack it openly and consciously, but those who ‘objectively’…

— George Orwell

“One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.”

— George Orwell

“Dictators always seek to take weapons away from people so that there can be no effective opposition to their rule.”

— Terry Goodkind

“It has always astonished me, Georgy Daniilovich, that those who are most repulsed by autocratic or dictatorial rule are among the first to eliminate…

— John Boyne

“If you want to denounce impunity then you have to start with denouncing the impunity that the regime enjoys.”

— Nilantha Ilangamuwa

When a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original…

— Alexander Hamilton

“Conform to the enemy's tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.”

— Sun Tzu